Numbers of rare butterfly eggs have skyrocketed in Wales after landowners let their hedgerows grow wild to help the Brown ...

Landowners have given a rare butterfly a major boost by letting their hedgerows grow wild, conservationists have said. Brown hairstreak butterflies have laid record numbers of eggs in parts of south ...

This winter’s annual Western Monarch Count was the third lowest on record. Scientists say habitat loss, climate change and ...

Every winter, a marvelous spectacle occurs as hundreds of thousands of butterflies travel south across Taiwan in one of the world’s most rare migrations.

The Xerces Society has released new results from its annual Western Monarch Count, showing that monarch butterfly numbers remain low at overwintering sites across California, including Pismo Beach.

The all-time lowest population size in Pismo Beach was reported in 2020, when only 199 butterflies were counted at the ...

The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering along the California coast continues to remain near historic lows, ...

The Trump administration has delayed protections.

A record number of one of the UK's rarest butterflies has been found at a nature site. More than double the number of silk shelters were found at Lydlinch Common this year compared to last year, ...

MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from ...

Monarch butterfly count at Pismo State Beach Monarch Grove was only 471 in December 2025. The counts have been falling in the California overwintering site for more than three decades. Rob Reiner and ...

Scientists are putting backpacks on butterflies at Ellwood Mesa. These “backpacks” are brand new, solar-powered radio tags that weigh about as much as a few grains of rice. For the first time ever, ...