Building on prior investigation into the biological mechanisms through which monarch butterflies are able to migrate up to 2,000 miles from eastern North America to a particular forest in Mexico each ...

One of the most popular and recognizable insects is at risk of extinction, according to a global organization focused on conservation and sustainability. The International Union for Conservation of ...

Northern Californians rubbed their eyes last week as Lake Tahoe turned orange. In Lassen National Park motorists cursed their overheated engines. Visitors to American River Canyon looked aloft, beheld ...

With so many creatures facing extinction, it's heartening to read of the Large Blue butterfly's resurgence. One of six members of the Maculinea family, it was once found throughout England but had ...

Here's a dangerous, crazy thought from an otherwise sober (and very eminent) biologist, Bernd Heinrich. He's thinking about moths and butterflies, and how they radically change shape as they grow, ...

Some tend to regard endangered or threatened species as exotic animals facing adversity in far-flung locales. But there could soon be an addition to the threatened list that’s local to your backyard: ...

The Nature Conservancy has named three of "nature's most horrifying creatures" just in time for Halloween Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

California possesses serpentine grasslands, oak forests, vernal pools and a variety of other unique habitats on its coast, mountains, rivers, lakes and deserts. These habitats support an incredible ...

Two noticeable domes have popped up in front of The National Aquarium at Abu Dhabi’s Al Qana. The glass panels catch the light and offer a glimpse of the greenery inside. Step through the doors and ...

A new menagerie of animal-inspired robotics has been unveiled by the researchers at Festo. One flies like a butterfly, another works in groups like ants and the third grips objects like a chameleon's ...

Moths and butterflies radically change shape as they grow, from little wormy caterpillar critters to airborne beauties. Why are they born this... Updated Aug. 2, 2012: We have added an update to this ...