Butterfly populations have dropped by 22% across 554 recorded species in the United States, according to a new study in the journal Science. "Our national-scale findings paint the most complete -- and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — In the last 20 years, ...

Brian Cassie has been counting butterflies in Massachusetts for decades. He helped create Mass Audubon’s butterfly atlas in 1986 and founded the Massachusetts Butterfly Club shortly afterwards. Now, ...

Taking a walk in the Midwest today is a different experience than it was 30 years ago. That's because butterfly populations there have been in "precipitous decline," with all 136 species examined in a ...

The outlook for butterflies in the U.S. appears as fragile as their delicate wings. A study published in the journal Science shows that the population of 554 species of butterflies plunged by 22% from ...

US butterfly populations have declined by 22% since 2000, with 114 species showing significant drops. A study published in Science found insecticides, climate change, and habitat loss are driving the ...

SAN ANTONIO – The International Union for Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly to its “red list” of threatened species and categorized it as endangered in 2022. The ...

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 ...