The Fender’s blue butterfly has fluttered away from the brink of extinction. The species, once so rare it was thought to be extinct, is no longer considered endangered, according to a January 11 ...

"We won't know until then." Advertisement Article continues below this ad Gifford has spent 16 seasons at the preserve trying to preserve the small blue butterfly, which has been on the federal ...

The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way. It spends its whole life within a few hundred yards of two native plants, seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat — and is ...