Some exceptions apply, like for farmers removing milkweed. Iconic butterfly could vanish within 60 years unless protections ...

Pesticides and habitat loss have been the chief reasons for the loss of the butterfly, which is being considered for the ...

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australasia. Could this ...

The bright orange and black-marked monarch migrates through Oklahoma each fall and spring, stopping along its route to ...

The once common sightings of the brightly colored monarch butterfly have become a rarer experience in recent years across ...

Now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to add the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to the nation's list of ...

It’s hard to imagine a more vigorous advocate for the endangered monarch butterfly than Rick Mikula. Known around Hazleton as ...

In 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made several major decisions to declare New Mexico species endangered or threatened — or not. Here's a recap of some of those decisions and a look forward ...

On December 12, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation’s most beloved species — the monarch ...

Santa Claus and the monarch butterfly share a commonality. Both are icons, easily recognizable. One may become extinct. The U ...

We have just learned that the iconic monarch butterfly may be placed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s endangered species list. The significant decline in the numbers of this beloved ...