MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are ...

An annual event celebrating the warmer seasons and a very important insect is returning to Mariposa.

SMITHTOWN, New York (WABC) -- A nature preserve in Nassau County performed a miraculous operation that gave an injured butterfly a second chance at life. Workers at the Sweetbriar Nature Center in ...

Monarch butterfly sightings may be sparser than usual in the U.S. and Canada following a drastic drop in populations wintering in Mexico, researchers told ABC News. The annual census of the number of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of western ...

WASHINGTON -- A major effort is underway to save the beautiful Monarch Butterfly. The population of the famous black, orange and white insects has dropped 80% in the last two decades and was recently ...

Every winter, millions of monarch butterflies journey thousands of miles across North America to spend winters in the forests and mountains of central Mexico. But over the years, the beloved butterfly ...