Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved to add the monarch butterfly to its endangered species roster, citing decades of steep population decline of the striking black-and-orange insect.

After years on hold, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) is moving forward with a proposed rule to list monarch butterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).

The monarch butterfly population continues to shrink due to factors such as climate change. People working to help the ...

This month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began seeking public input on a proposal to list the species as threatened ... of butterflies. The annual migration of North America’s monarch ...

A threatened listing allows for exceptions to those protections. In the monarch's case, the proposed ... status at the end of 2014, concluding six years later that listing was warranted but other ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the once-common monarch as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and designating coastal California sites where the butterflies spend ...

Adult monarch butterflies ... species say proposed federal protections could boost existing efforts. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to add the monarch butterfly to a list of ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the once-common monarch as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and designating coastal California sites where the butterflies spend ...