Nearly 90 percent of the monarch butterflies in the Western U.S. spend their winters along the California coastline and the majority of them come here to the Central Coast. Conservationists hope ...

More than a dozen volunteers planted 850 milkweeds throughout the Spring Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday as part of a budding monarch butterfly habitat conservation project. Through a grant from ...

AMES, Iowa — Enhancing the monarch butterfly’s habitat in rural and urban Iowa is the goal of a new, broad-based statewide effort. The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, established through the ...

With butterfly season starting at Ellwood Mesa, the city of Goleta, Ellwood Friends, and the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade are inviting area residents of all ages to help restore and protect the ...

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 ...

A butterfly meadow at Powell Gardens outside Kansas City. The Highway 13 Butterfly Trail will pass through 12 western Missouri counties and feature gardens, art installations, and research facilities.

Hammered by habitat loss and synthetic insecticides, the eagle, the abiding symbol of American strength and freedom, had all but vanished from our landscapes. From backyard birders to federal agencies ...

I struggled to catch my breath, but it had nothing to do with the 10,000-foot altitude. All around me, millions of monarch ...

Federal wildlife authorities announced a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants public feedback on a plan to list the migratory insect ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, citing loss of habitat to development, logging and use of herbicides. Since the ...

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 ...