Butterflies are beautiful creatures that typically have magnificent coloring and are associated with sunshine, flowers, transformation, hope, and freedom. They play important roles in the ecosystem as ...

Cal Academy of Sciences and The Presidio join conservation efforts to bring blue butterflies back to San Francisco coast. Genetic sequencing links Silvery blue butterflies to extinct Xerces blue. From ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- An intrepid group of butterflies is about to help turn the clock back nearly a century in San Francisco's Presidio. Biologist Durrell Kapan, Ph.D. of the California Academy of ...

From a butterfly shaped by 40,000 years of isolation to creatures 1,400 feet below the sea, scientists uncovered thousands of new species in 2025 — and these nine discoveries stood out amongst the ...

Corrections & Clarifications: The article has been updated to correctly reflect the Fender's blue butterfly's downlisting on the Endangered Species List. It remains on the list as "threatened." The ...

SAN FRANCISCOSAN FRANCISCO — More than 80 years ago, a beautiful butterfly called Xerces Blue that once fluttered among San Francisco’s coastal dunes went extinct as stately homes, museums and parks ...

SAN FRANCISCO — More than 80 years ago, a beautiful butterfly called Xerces blue that once fluttered among San Francisco’s coastal dunes went extinct as stately homes, museums and parks ate up its ...

(KRON) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investing over $3.8 million to recover two endangered butterfly species native to the Bay Area, including San Bruno’s elfin butterflies and mission blue ...

Read full article: Here’s a schedule of services for the City of San Antonio on Labor Day Isolated storms are possible this evening, mainly along and north of I-10. SAN FRANCISCO – More than 80 years ...