UC Master Gardeners helped transform a neglected site by a freeway offramp in Atascadero into a rest stop for migrating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monarch butterfly at the Coastal Access Monarch Butterfly Preserve in Los Osos, Calif., on Jan. 20. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles ...

Monarch butterflies are fluttering along California’s coastal areas as a part of their annual winter migration — and there are a few spots where you can see them in action. According to Western ...

Citizen scientists and volunteers have counted over 233,300 monarch butterflies across the western United States as part of Xerces Society’s 27th annual count. Despite ongoing efforts to save the ...

One of California’s most iconic animals is in trouble. “Based on our very initial count, it’s looking like this year is either going to be the second- or third-lowest on record, unfortunately,” Scott ...

They are a symbol of summertime and could once be found in backyards and classrooms across America. Many schoolchildren have watched in wonder as large orange and black butterflies emerge from cocoons ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Quino checkerspot butterfly a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting ...