SALT LAKE CITY — The iconic monarch butterfly, sporting its splashy orange and black wings, has been in serious decline for decades. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for the ...

The king of butterflies is under threat, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is proposing a “threatened” classification ...

“The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North America ... This means that officials “are walking a tightrope with the proposal,” per the New York Times. Although recent trends ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened after an estimated 80% decline in its migratory population. With this listing, monarchs could be given ...

Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved to add the monarch butterfly to its endangered species roster, citing decades of steep population decline of the striking black-and-orange insect.

U.S. officials moved Tuesday to protect the monarch, an iconic orange-and-black butterfly famous for its marathon migration across North America, under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species on Tuesday, citing a significant decline in the iconic black and orange insects that ...

In the monarch's case, the proposed listing would generally prohibit anyone from killing or transporting the butterfly. People and farmers could continue to remove milkweed, a key food source for ...