You know spring is close when Oklahoma institutions start celebrating colorful flowers – and art – and butterflies.

In a hopeful turn for one of North America’s most iconic insects, the Mexican National Commission of Protected Areas (CONANP) announced that monarch butterfly populations wintering in the country ...

Last month an annual survey that looked just at monarch butterflies, which federal officials plan to put on the threatened species list, counted a nearly all-time low of fewer than 10,000 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains west of Mexico City rebounded this year, doubling the area they covered in 2024 despite the stresses of climate ...

Although nine species of butterflies saw an increase in population, 114 saw significant decreases. Some species, like the iconic monarch butterfly, may soon be placed on the threatened species ...

FILE – Monarch butterflies from Canada stop to rest in Wendy Park on their way to Mexico, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) by: FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ, Associated Press ...