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Monarch butterfly resting on a plant. Photo by José López-García

Saving critical winter habitat for monarch butterflies may depend on buy-in from their human neighbors

Claudia Steiner 3 Dec 2025
Banner image of a honeybee farm by Nelynnnnn via Wikimedia Commons (CCO 1.0).

As exotic pet demands rise, invertebrates need trade protections too: Study

Kristine Sabillo 11 Jul 2025
Banner image of a striped albatross butterfly (Appias libythea) on a red leea plant (Leea rubra), courtesy of NTU Singapore.

Singapore study says roadside flowers can improve urban butterfly biodiversity

Kristine Sabillo 12 May 2025
A monarch butterfly. Image by Sean Ewing via Pexels.

One in five butterflies lost in the US since 2000, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 14 Mar 2025
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‘Scratching the surface’ of Nepal butterfly research: Interview with Sanej Suwal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 20 Nov 2024
A common Jezebel (Delias eucharis).

Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction

Hailey Smalley 31 Jul 2024
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

Mexico’s avocado industry harms monarch butterflies, will U.S. officials act? (commentary)

Stephanie Feldstein 22 Apr 2024
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

Monarch butterflies become a powerful symbol for justice at the U.S./Mexico border (commentary)

Meg Perret 31 Mar 2023
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

Western monarch populations reach highest number in decades

Liz Kimbrough 31 Jan 2023
An orange-tip butterfly.

Climate change is hammering insects — in the tropics and everywhere else: Scientists

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2022

Monarch butterflies are officially endangered

Liz Kimbrough 21 Jul 2022
The heavily charismatic and endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is one of the many species found in the forests of Namdapha National Park. Image in the public domain.

Authorities and Yobin communities clash as deforestation spikes in Indian national park

Spoorthy Raman 15 Jul 2022
Monarch butterfly feeding on non-native bull thistle at the Metropolitan Beach Metropark Nature Area, Clinton, MI. Image by Steve Burt via Creative Commons 2.0 license.

Is invasive species management doing more harm than good? (commentary)

Janae Malpas 14 Jul 2022

Researchers puzzle over sea-crossing migration of crimson rose butterflies

Malaka Rodrigo 1 Mar 2022

Air pollution makes it tough for pollinators to stop and smell the flowers

Liz Kimbrough 10 Feb 2022

Western monarchs make a spectacular comeback in California

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jan 2022

Here’s how science is trying to conserve the monarch butterfly’s forests

Thelma Gómez Durán 17 Jan 2022
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Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jan 2021
Coral reef in at Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo by Beth Watson / Ocean Image Bank.

Top positive environmental stories from 2020

Liz Kimbrough 30 Dec 2020

No endangered listing for monarch butterflies as western count hits alarming low

Liz Kimbrough 16 Dec 2020
Pit Viper in striking mode. The 'mountain fer-de-lance' is a new species of pit viper that was discovered on the Zongo RAP survey. It has since been described as Bothrops monsignifer. Bothrops is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Central and South America. The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning "pit", and ώπς, ops, meaning "eye" or "face", together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.

[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia

Liz Kimbrough 14 Dec 2020

One year on: Insects still in peril as world struggles with global pandemic

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2020

This Philippine butterfly had a mistaken identity for years, until its ‘rediscovery’

Keith Anthony Fabro 28 Jun 2020

Historic agreement gives monarch butterflies the ‘right-of-way’

Liz Kimbrough 20 May 2020

Disaster interrupted: How you can help save the insects

Liz Kimbrough 15 May 2020

‘Hummingbird’ spy creature films millions of monarchs taking flight

Liz Kimbrough 1 May 2020

Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico down by more than half

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2020

Western monarch butterfly numbers critically low for second straight year

Liz Kimbrough 26 Feb 2020

Two deaths trigger alarm at Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

Agustín del Castillo 17 Feb 2020

Feral horses gallop to the rescue of butterflies in distress

Nanticha Ocharoenchai 18 Nov 2019

Mongabay investigative series helps confirm global insect decline

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2019

How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

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