U.S. officials moved Tuesday to protect the monarch, an iconic orange-and-black butterfly famous for its marathon migration across North America, under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish ...

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 ...

It is perhaps the most iconic butterfly in the Americas, one of the most well-known insects in the world. With iconic orange and black coloring, monarch butterflies once ranged across much of the ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species on Tuesday, citing a significant decline in the iconic black and orange insects that ...