While analyzing the mountains of data harvested from three decades of butterfly counting in the Midwest, a Michigan State University Ph.D. candidate had seen enough studies to be braced for bad news.

A juniper hairstreak butterfly in Clermont County. Volunteers observed 177 of these butterflies during the 2025 Clermont County Butterfly Count. Local citizen scientists are counting butterflies this ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like last year, a dramatically small number of monarch butterflies migrated through San Luis Obispo County this winter, according ...

A "Butterfly Emergency" has highlighted the need for wildlife-friendly gardens ahead of this summer's Big Butterfly Count. The Butterfly Conservation Society's annual event will take place from Friday ...

The monarch butterfly migration is off to a tough start this season — with fewer butterflies than usual fluttering to the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove. As of Wednesday, California State ...

CHICO — Chaye Vail donned a butterfly-covered bucket hat and butterfly-covered socks at the 18th annual Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve Butterfly Count. “I kind of like butterflies,” Vail, an ...

BANDERA COUNTY — Mid-sentence, Grace Waggener stopped short and pointed. “Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly!” she called out. Waggener and Tom Collins leaned over to inspect the insect, which was ...