The Miami blue butterfly alone has dropped by a minimum of 99% in area of occupancy and population size since 1992. To find out what's happening, the Herald spoke to a conservation and research ...

BAHIA HONDA KEY, Fla. - For more than a year, Bahia Honda State Park biologist Jim Duquesnel traversed the nature sanctuary with two hopes. He wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly and rid the Florida ...

MIAMI (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are reviewing a South Florida butterfly survey that concluded five rare species may be gone for good. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hired entomologist Marc ...

The Miami blue inhabits a tiny range of just 45 to 55 yards and needs just two plants. They also play a critical role in keeping certain habitats in balance, especially the disappearing ones unique to ...

Last week, the Star ran a story about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deciding not to list the Sonoran Desert tortoise as endangered and instead put it on the candidate list. That's a kind of ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration today proposed removing protections for several species that look similar to threatened and endangered wildlife, including the puma, shovelnose sturgeon and ...

From the Miami blue to the Schaus’ swallowtail, South Florida is home to many endangered and declining pollinator species that only exist here. The Miami blue butterfly alone has dropped by a minimum ...