NEW YORK (PIX11) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing the Monarch Butterly be protected under The Endangered Species Act. The agency announced its decision on Tuesday. “The iconic monarch ...

The monarch butterfly is Illinois' state insect and has held that distinction for 50 years — having been suggested for the honor by third grade classes in Decatur in 1975. But the butterfly is also in ...

The California State Parks Foundation is asking Californians to track sightings of western monarch butterflies to help save the dwindling insect population. The California State Parks Foundation, a ...

MADISON, Wis. — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking ...

As millions of monarch butterflies make their way from Canada to Mexico this fall, you’ll have the chance to see some of these spectacular insects along the Alabama coast. Several groups in Baldwin ...

Wearing dark sunglasses, long sleeves and a wide-brimmed hat, Florida retiree Linda Cooper came prepared to gaze at ...

Monarch butterfly populations have nearly doubled this year, an annual survey of the species found. At the end of each summer, the beloved pollinators migrate from southern Canada and the northern and ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Anderson Cooper reports on the migration of the monarch butterflies, an annual spring spectacle during which millions of butterflies begin their trek north from ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The end of summer and the beginning of fall is a unique time in Missouri when we see more pollinators as they migrate south before it gets cold. One of those pollinators is the ...