Four rare butterfly species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly. Forest-sent consolation prizes that I can’t complain about ...

RENO, Nev.— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the bleached sandhill skipper. This ...

Conservation scientists want West Michigan gardeners to make sure the lupine plants in their flower beds aren’t killing endangered butterflies. Extremely rare Karner blue butterflies are entirely ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, a rare butterfly, known as the red-spotted patch butterfly, was spotted in South Texas. Located in the Rio Grande Valley in Mission, the National Butterfly ...

Coinciding with LA Fleet Week, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy joined U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Brad Rosen for a release of endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterflies at historic breeding ...

It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more ...

According to the BBC, 148 acres of central British wildlands were rehabilitated to support dwindling butterfly populations. Hundreds of volunteers helped rewild habitat across Worcestershire, ...

Two Miami Blue butterflies released at Long Key State Park in 2018 in an effort to help establish new breeding areas for the rare insects. Jose A. Iglesias [email protected] From the Miami ...

A Poweshiek skipperling is on a black-eyed Susan flower. The purple spots on the wings mark it as one of this year's releases. The Poweshiek skipperling has disappeared from most of Michigan’s ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It’s also hard to believe that the life cycle of this incredibly colorful ...