The species was named Tacola kamitanii in honor of Kiyoshi Kamitani, the discoverer of the fossil. This naming pays tribute ...

Changing the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act would remove habitat modifications and imperil vulnerable ...

More than 60 hectares (148 acres) of new butterfly habitat have been created in the Midlands in a bid to help rare species.

The Trump administration’s shrunken Fish and Wildlife Service faces three high-profile Endangered Species Act decisions ...

We are on the cusp of losing the integrity of one of the most significant environmental acts ever enacted in the United States. Why should this matter? As the Pulitzer Prize-winning evolutionary ...

Among the species hardest hit is the monarch butterfly, with its vivid orange-and-black wings and one of the most ...

The butterfly population in the U.S. has dropped more than 20% over the past two decades. Some species living in Connecticut ...

or a Palos Verdes blue butterfly, or various populations of wild salmon, and especially as actions that could degrade an endangered species’ habitat. This simple distinction between direct and ...

The northern metalmark butterfly, an endangered species in Connecticut, saw a national increase by 164%. In recent years, experts have been working to restore its native habitat and food sources ...