From a butterfly shaped by 40,000 years of isolation to creatures 1,400 feet below the sea, scientists uncovered thousands of new species in 2025 — and these nine discoveries stood out amongst the ...

Butterfly abundance in the continental United States has crashed some 22% in only 20 years across 554 species counted, an alarming new scientific study involving Michigan State University found.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Fender’s blue butterfly will be downlisted from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. This action is based on ...

Durrell Kapan propped himself on his elbows to inspect a shrubby plant. He peered through a monocular in search of a sign that a pioneering experiment to restore something missing from these coastal ...

MISSION, Texas (Border Report) — The National Butterfly Center, with its serene grounds along the Rio Grande in South Texas, is always a big draw for tourists and locals living on the border. Now, a ...

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 ...

Researchers are on the move to save a butterfly that's on the brink of extinction. Scientists here in Albuquerque are ...

Butterflies play a crucial role in pollination and serve as a food source for other species, making their decline a significant ecological concern. Researchers analyzed data from more than 76,000 ...