The first insectile casualty of human activity in the United States was recorded around 80 years ago, new research has confirmed. The insect, the Xerces blue butterfly, died out in the mid-20th ...

There’s a small crowd hovering over the seacliff buckwheat in a native plant garden outside of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes. They’re looking for the El Segundo Blue ...

The endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly, a symbol of conservation efforts in the South Bay, is the subject of a recently launched mural project created to help inspire youth and raise environmental ...

It’s a cool, crisp July morning on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. A wisp of salty air rustles the emerald leaves of a sea-cliff buckwheat plant on a steep, rocky bluff overlooking the Pacific. As passers ...

Federal regulators have designated more than 5,200 acres high in the Spring Mountains as critical habitat for the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly, including one of the easiest places to see ...

The Karner Blue Butterfly is a federally endangered species yet it thrives in Wisconsin. The Karner Blue Butterfly, a federally endangered species whose numbers are plummeting across the nation. Yet ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number of chromosomes out of all multicellular animals in the world. This insect ...

This convertible mocktail/margarita recipe makes everyone happy! It contains all the essentials — a blue butterfly tea base, sweetness from the ginger simple syrup, plus a pineapple splash and some ...