The Xerces blue butterfly went extinct along the San Francisco coast some 80 years ago. But scientists have identified a ...

The California Academy of Sciences used genetic testing to identify a blue butterfly species similar to the Xerces species that went extinct and disappeared from the San Francisco coastline. Through ...

The California Academy of Sciences used genetic testing to identify a blue butterfly species similar to the Xerces species that went extinct and disappeared from the San Francisco coastline.

The world is in the midst of another mass extinction. Numerous mass extinctions have occurred in the past, the most notable of which was the extinction of at least most of the dinosaurs 65 million ...

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 31, 2025 (ENS) – Climate change is altering butterfly habitats, turning their species-rich, mountain refuges into traps, finds new research by U.S. and German ...

Human-driven factors such as hunting, colonial expansion, and agriculture have historically contributed to habitat destruction, causing the complete disappearance of some species. The Paradise ...