A rare tiny butterfly found only in a remote stretch of Northern Nevada will soon gain federal protections under the ...

It’s always a thrill when a beautiful orange butterfly flutters through your backyard. First things first, how do you actually know if you’re seeing a monarch? Some butterflies look like monarchs.

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.

The monarch butterfly population continues to shrink due to factors such as climate change. People working to help the species say proposed federal protections could boost existing efforts.

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to list monarch butterflies as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Scientists have named a new group of butterflies after the villain Sauron from the Lord of the Rings novels. Experts hit on the name Saurona because the black rings on the insect's orange wings ...