The Fender's blue butterfly has fluttered away from the brink of extinction. The species, once so rare it was thought to be extinct, is no longer considered endangered, according to a January 11 news ...

A homeowner on Reddit said they were digging in their garden when they came across an unknown, scaly creature buried in the soil. The post appeared in January 2022, in the middle of winter in the U.S.

Jana Johnson was a struggling grad student in 2003 when she first met the butterfly that would change her life. She was 34, with two little boys and a crumbling marriage. Her research into the effect ...

A butterfly that went extinct decades ago after the destruction of its Bay Area habitat is now the driving force behind its restoration with the help of a close relative now fluttering in its terrain.

The Fender’s blue butterfly is an unremarkable-looking critter with a remarkable tale to tell. Roughly the size of a quarter, both sexes have nondescript gray undersides. The female’s wings are rusty ...

The California Academy of Sciences is leading an effort to bring back the Xerces blue butterfly, which went extinct around 1941 because of human development in San Francisco. Researchers are hoping to ...