The Fender’s blue butterfly has fluttered away from the brink of extinction. The species, once so rare it was thought to be extinct, is no longer considered endangered, according to a January 11 ...

Ultimately, the butterfly decline is part of a larger global trend of insect population loss, with insects declining by about 1-2% annually, the study's authors said.

Since 2000, the number of butterflies in the United States has fallen by 22%, on average, researchers report Thursday in the journal Science.Butterfly abundance dropped in every part of the ...

Animalia This butterfly went extinct. That’s not the end of the story. The Xerces blue butterfly vanished from San Francisco in the 1940s. Scientists just released dozens of butterflies from a ...

The monarch butterfly, with its striking orange and black markings, has become a beloved species but faces significant challenges, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an estimated 80% ...

Chip Taylor: This is a rough butterfly and it has to go thousands of miles. So it's– it's a pretty tough butterfly. Anderson Cooper: It's resilient. Chip Taylor: It's resilient.