A Camarillo nonprofit founder believes a monarch butterfly preserve could be located where mature eucalyptus trees were cut ...

Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue ...

Federal officials proposed monarch butterflies be given protections as a threatened species, but Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called the move an example of federal government overreach ...

Although it has been in decline, the butterfly is found throughout the United States, which made this a particularly challenging case for the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Fish and Wildlife Service ...

The monarch butterfly, with its striking orange and black markings, has become a beloved species. But it’s struggling to survive. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an estimated ...

The Texas agriculture commissioner criticized a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend federal protections to the monarch butterflies that migrate across North America. The wildlife ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. San Francisco, CA – Today, California State Parks Foundation released a new analysis of data that confirms the importance of ...

A monarch butterfly feeds on native narrow leaf milkweed at a research site in Davis, CA. A three-year study is yielding insights into the interactions between the plants and insects. (Photo by Larry ...

Counters reported finding only two monarch butterflies at Ellwood East during the latest overwintering butterfly count in Goleta on Monday.  There were no ...

Monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered, but 'there are signs of hope.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Thursday ...

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 ...

Climbing back from the brink of extinction, the population of Western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast rose for the second year in a row, according to data released Tuesday, ...