An Encinitas butterfly farm hosted a group of school children Thursday, hoping to teach the young people about the threatened Monarch butterfly. A quick flutter of orange, black and white drew plenty ...

There’s a small crowd hovering over the seacliff buckwheat in a native plant garden outside of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes. They’re looking for the El Segundo Blue ...

Today may be Endangered Species Day, but it’s worth taking a moment to consider one species that’s not yet on a formal at-risk list. The monarch butterfly has been spotted across the country in recent ...

It is perhaps the most iconic butterfly in the Americas, one of the most well-known insects in the world. With iconic orange and black coloring, monarch butterflies once ranged across much of the ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. They are ravenous and ...

A recently opened butterfly greenhouse in Frankfort is the largest of four across the state of Kentucky. The Butterfly Greenhouse in Frankfort opened in June. It is the largest of four butterfly ...

The monarch butterfly, whose populations have significantly declined in recent years, may warrant protection as an endangered species, federal officials said. The Fish and Wildlife Service announced ...

Butterflies are the essence of cool in the insect world, a favorite muse for poets and songwriters, who hold them up as symbols of love, beauty, transformation and good fortune. But providing good ...

The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction, researchers ...

The atala is a small butterfly stirring big interest among lepidopterists at the Florida Museum of Natural History. With black velvet-like wings, a vibrant orange-red abdomen and metallic specks of ...

The federal government pledged $3.2 million on Monday to help save the monarch butterfly, the iconic orange-and-black butterfly that can migrate thousands of miles between the U.S. and Mexico each ...

“Butterflies!” The cute little 4-year-old boldly shouted when someone asked her where pixie dust comes from. That memory was on my mind on a somewhat drab weekday morning recently as I stepped through ...