Advocates say federal protections under the Endangered Species Act for species like the monarch and hellbender are overdue.

Without the diversity of plant life that pollinators help support, our air, soil and water quality can all suffer.

After passing through the Senate with one no vote, a resolution that encourages the protection of the monarch butterfly ...

New research shows climate change may push monarch butterflies farther south and make their long migration harder in the ...

Suitable habitat for migrating monarch butterflies will shift southwards because of climate change, according to a study ...

Suitable milkweed habitat in Mexico may shift south, fracturing existing migration routes and possibly pushing some ...

As temperatures rise, monarch butterflies begin their remarkable trek north, renewing one of North America’s most iconic ...

The monarch population is in kind of tough shape,” Republican Sen. Brandon Wipf said at Tuesday’s House Agriculture and Natural Resources ...

Monarch butterflies that hatch in the spring and early summer live fast and die young at only two to six weeks. But those that emerge in late summer can survive six to nine months. That’s long enough ...

Milkweed is named for its milky, latex sap containing complex chemicals that are unpalatable to many animals. There is a wide variation in toxin strength depending on milkweed variety. The ...

WASHINGTON— Two conservation groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety, today sued the U.S. Fish ...