PHOENIX — Mesa Mayor Mark Freeman signed the National Wildlife Federations Mayors’ Monarch Pledge on Wednesday in an effort to strengthen monarch butterfly habitats. The pledge also intends to ...

A Florida death row inmate became the second man to be executed in the U.S. today and the fourth this week. Edward Thomas James, 63, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the brutal ...

We’ve replenished the landscape with the plants that the butterfly needs. In doing so, we’ve replenished those Willamette Valley habitats with many, many flowers that they need – lupins ...

With this, Mesa pledges to create vital habitats for monarchs and educate locals on ways to support the butterfly population. Freeman stated, "As a farmer, I understand firsthand the critical role ...

On average, butterfly populations across multiple species and regions are declining. In the United States alone, an estimated 1% of the entire butterfly population is lost every single year ...

Our world is changing with each passing minute. While humans may not recognize infinitesimal shifts in our environments, smaller creatures often do. These alterations can cause drastic harm to certain ...

Monarch butterfly populations are declining, with western numbers at a record low, prompting conservation actions.

A group of scientists and conservationists is working to move fir seedlings to higher and colder areas in the region to create new butterfly habitats. The team aims to establish healthy trees in ...

Or should we look to creating orbiting habitats with microclimates and artificial gravity? In terms of resources, time, effort, and accommodation, are space habitats the way to go? And from a ...

loss of habitat and insecticide use are the probable culprits. The Southwest saw the biggest regional drop in butterfly populations, likely because of drought conditions. The insects don’t hold ...