It’s a big day for insects. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it is proposing the monarch butterfly for threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act, a big step ...

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 ...

STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- Nature-based activities are giving people a chance to learn about the environment. At the 200-acre nature preserve called Crossroads at Big Creek, summer naturalist Joan Wilkie ...

After Kathy Marshburn lost a child, she didn’t know how she’d move on. Violet was only two months old when she died unexpectedly, of a heart condition, in 2002. Marshburn, who lived in the Houston ...

Despite the leaves falling from the trees, temperatures finally getting cooler, and the time change, something else associated with the fall season appears to be missing. Monarch butterflies have been ...

TOWN OF CENTER (WLUK) -- Northeast Wisconsin lawmakers wants to make the endangered Monarch butterfly the state butterfly. State Rep. Paul Tittl of Manitowoc and State Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara of ...

In one of the oldest and last historical barns left standing in Schaumburg, there is a hidden gem: The Big Barn Preschool, a preschool and day care for children ages 2½ to 5 years old. The Big Barn ...

MEXICO CITY — Monarch butterflies have made a big comeback in their wintering grounds in Mexico, after suffering serious declines, investigators said Friday. The area covered by the orange-and-black ...