U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is debating how to protect the monarch butterfly, but local Houstonians can help too.

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australasia. Could this ...

In 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made several major decisions to declare New Mexico species endangered or threatened — or not. Here's a recap of some of those decisions and a look forward ...

SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 ...

On December 12, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under ...

The bright orange and black-marked monarch migrates through Oklahoma each fall and spring, stopping along its route to ...

The eastern population of monarch butterflies overwinters primarily in the oyamel fir forests of the Sierra Madre Mountains in central Mexico, which provide a microclimate essential for their survival ...

A story which ran in the Dec. 11 edition of our sister newspaper, The Express of Lock Haven, provided an update on the plight of the monarch butterfly — a particularly beloved and notable species for ...

The service has a year to proposed critical habitat locations. Swale paintbrush Found only in the southwestern corner of the state, this desert flower was declared endangered in early December.