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.

In response, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is taking a step toward protecting monarchs: The agency proposed ...

Monarchs are typically found in areas with a high number of nectar sources. While domestic plants are used, native flowers are preferred. Monarchs in the caterpillar stage rely exclusively on milkweed ...

transport or kill an endangered species. A threatened listing allows for exceptions to those protections. In the monarch’s case, the proposed listing would generally prohibit anyone from killing ...

(AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies ... an endangered species. A threatened listing allows for exceptions to those ...