DENVER, Colorado — When artist Juls Mendoza puts brush to canvas, every stroke carries meaning. Throughout his many years of professional work, there is one image his brush returns to again and again: ...

• Seventeen Wisconsin lawmakers and former state treasurer Jack Voight support legislation to make the monarch butterfly the state's official butterfly • Monarch butterfly populations have plummeted ...

Butterflies have long been believed to represent transformation and change, thanks to the stunning metamorphosis they must go through to go from caterpillar to the winged pollinator so many of us ...

If it feels like there are fewer bugs now than there were decades ago, it’s not just nostalgia. Scientists estimate that, due to factors such as pesticide use, habitat loss, and climate change, as ...

The Monarch butterfly (Danaus Plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly in the family of Nymphalidae. It is possibly the best known butterfly of North America. And the Monarch is the state insect of Illinois ...

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 ...

The monarch butterfly population has declined in recent decades, leading to a proposed listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. People can help monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, ...