Craig Huegel smiled like a proud father as he gazed at a little black Atala butterfly, no bigger than a moth, clambering on a daisy-like wildflower called a Spanish needle, and sucking nectar from its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Georgina Paul is leading a two-year project on large heath butterflies [Aaron Houghton] A conservationist believes butterflies ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized federal wildlife protections for the rare island marble butterfly, which is only known to be viable on San Juan Island in Washington state. (Karen Reagan / ...