Monarch butterflies join giant pandas, tigers, blue whales, sea otters, snow leopards, and Asian elephants on the endangered species list. The sweet orange and black insect you’re used to seeing in ...

Volunteers plant hundreds of milkweed plants in hopes of supporting the dwindling Western monarch population in California.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with conservation biologist Karen Oberhauser about why the migratory monarch butterfly was just declared endangered, and what can be done in response. Millions of monarch ...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing monarch butterflies as a threatened species and has considered some possibly contradictory ways to protect them, Nicholas Storer, vice ...

Mayors or community leaders who take the pledge must commit to carrying out at least three of the 30 available actions listed ...

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 ...

In 2014, the U.S. Interior Department was formally petitioned to declare the Monarch butterfly a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. It’s now scheduled to issue a ruling in December.

Alonso notes that the most important thing anyone can do, especially in the U.S., is plant milkweed native to where they live ...

Early this beautiful summer morning I went swimming in my Condominium Complex's lovely pool. I do this as often as I can and love the fact that I'm alone in the pool, despite the fact that I have been ...

Early this beautiful summer morning I went swimming in my Condominium Complex's lovely pool. I do this as often as I can and love the fact that I'm alone in the pool, despite the fact that I have been ...

Millions of monarch butterflies make an extraordinary migration journey from across the country to Mexico each winter. The gorgeous insects have been facing external threats to their natural habitats ...

PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN BUTTERFLY OF OUR TIME. DOUG: BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE IN YEARS TO COME. CINDY IS BACK TO EXPLAIN. CINDY: IT IS BEAUTIFUL, ICONIC, RIGHT? SCIENTISTS SAY IT IS UNDER A ...