On June 5, officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Some butterfly species are disappearing due to pesticides and loss of habitat. One native Florida butterfly that was thought to be gone forever is making a surprising comeback.

And because of that, this butterfly, by the 1920s, was pretty much extinct,” Hecker said, referring to the Florida population of Atalas, which are also native to the Cuba and the Bahamas. How ...

A Washington man used a net to catch butterflies at a park in Key Largo, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced on Monday.

State and federal wildlife agencies netted a Washington State man after he allegedly captured several species of butterflies ...

Southwest Florida offers a variety of locations to view butterflies in a natural habitat. The Tom Allen Butterfly House has free guided tours available three days a week.

Without them, the butterflies that stop to breed in Florida will never complete their journey, and the monarchs who stay won’t have the resources to fill the skies with their young.

Frosted elfin butterfly caterpillars were released in North Florida as part of a reintroduction program. The FWC, along with partner organizations, bred the caterpillars and released them into a ...

Florida roadsides can support endangered monarch butterflies, other pollinators | Opinion Roadside land nationwide is readily available for pollinator plants ...

One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus’ Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people dread. A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History shows hurricanes ...