If so, what creatures should serve as surrogates for extinct ones? And could this become a roundabout way of bringing species back from extinction? The butterfly experiment taking flight now in ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

According to the Environment Ministry’s red list on endangered species, the Ogasawara blue butterfly was categorized as “Critically Endangered,” meaning it is highly likely to go extinct in ...

The secret location of butterflies previously extinct in England for more than ... Dr Dan Hoare, of Butterfly Conservation, said he was "delighted to be able to reveal their location".

A once locally extinct butterfly has returned to hills in central Scotland after a 100-year absence. The Northern Brown Argus was previously found throughout the Ochil Hills, but due to habitat ...