Last week, the monarch butterfly was officially designated as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Scientists estimate that the species' population has dropped between 20% ...

A broken wing almost ended a monarch butterfly's journey on Long Island, but a caring hand and a clever idea gave it a second chance to fly again. At the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, experts ...

This surgery was a total metamorphosis! An injured monarch butterfly with a ripped-off wing is able to fly again thanks to a first-of-its kind transplant at a nature preserve on Long Island. The ...