Blue Butterfly News & Updates

This butterfly was once thought extinct. Now it’s off the endangered species list

The Fender’s blue butterfly has fluttered away from the brink of extinction. The species, once so ...

Jan 20, 2023 • CNN

Nevada's Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection

Mount Charleston blue butterfly photo by Corey Kallstrom, USFWS. Photos of this and other species in...

Sep 25, 2012 • Center for Biological Diversity

South Bay non-profits celebrate 50 years of El Segundo blue butterfly conservation

The El Segundo blue butterfly was first placed under the federal Endangered Species Act on June 1, 1...

May 29, 2026 • Daily Breeze on MSN

Endangered Karner blue butterfly recovering in some, not all, of range

More than 20 years of habitat restoration and breeding programs have helped the endangered Karner bl...

Jul 27, 2015 • WMUR

This Tiny, Blue Butterfly Is in Trouble. Local Conservationists Are Fighting to Change That

There’s a small crowd hovering over the seacliff buckwheat in a native plant garden outside of the...

Jul 14, 2021 • Los Angeles Magazine

Endangered Karner blue butterfly population booming

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The population of endangered Karner blue butterflies at the Albany Pine Bu...

Jul 14, 2020 • WTEN

‘Tremendous success story’: Rallying Oregon butterfly removed from endangered species list

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon butterfly species that was once thought to be extinct has reboun...

Jan 12, 2023 • KOIN 6

Fender's blue butterfly no longer 'endangered.' Here's where to see it in Oregon

Corrections & Clarifications: The article has been updated to correctly reflect the Fender's blue bu...

May 29, 2023 • The Register-Guard

Sand Mountain blue butterfly

Sand Mountain blue butterflies live in only one place on Earth — within and near the dunes of “S...

Apr 05, 2022 • Center for Biological Diversity

Atlas Blue Butterfly Has 229 Pairs of Chromosomes – The Most of All Multicellular Animals

The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as hav...

Sep 10, 2025 • technologynetworks

This butterfly is the first U.S. insect known to go extinct because of people

It’s been roughly 80 years since the Xerces blue butterfly was last spotted flitting about on past...

Jul 20, 2021 • Science News

Wisconsin DNR: Volunteers sought for Karner blue butterfly monitoring

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking volunteers for the Karner Blue Butter...

May 13, 2026 • FOX6 News Milwaukee on MSN

DNR seeks volunteers for Karner blue butterfly monitoring

The Wisconsin DNR is recruiting volunteers in select counties to monitor endangered Karner blue butt...

May 12, 2026 • Madison.com