In encouraging news, the eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, according to a new report announced in Mexico. The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 ...

What sounded like leaves rustling in the wind was the flickering wings of thousands of monarch butterflies as they flitted through the oyamel fir forest. I opened my eyes and sat on the forest floor, ...

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A new study finds the popular, fluttering insects have declined by 22 percent in the last 20 years Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent The Florida white is among the butterflies experiencing the most ...

Hawks and butterflies would show up later for the Davis family in surprising and unexpected ways. They’ve been part of a series of events that helped her regain her joy, she said. Michele Davis ...

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Many gardeners dream of a lush, colourful garden with buzzing bees and fluttering butterflies. Pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining the ecosystem, helping plants reproduce, and ensuring ...

Butterflies, known for their beauty and vital role in pollination, are vanishing from U.S. landscapes at an alarming rate. A comprehensive study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found ...

America's butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds. The first ...

We found declines in just about every region of the continental U.S. and across almost all butterfly species. Overall, nearly one-third of the 342 butterfly species we were able to study declined ...

Over the past 20 years the U.S. butterfly population has declined 22%, a dramatic loss that has scientists concerned. "The easy number to think about is the total number of butterflies in your yard.

A fluttering butterfly makes most people smile with delight — a reaction that makes them special among insects. Some people love butterflies so much that, like birders, they look for and count ...