MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU)— The endangered Karner blue butterfly, once scarce in Michigan, is making a notable comeback, particularly in the western part of the Lower Peninsula. The butterfly ...

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — An effort is taking wing in Lansing to recognize a nickel-sized insect as Michigan’s official state butterfly. House Bill 5306, introduced earlier this month with more than 50 ...

Official estimate the restoration effort has helped the Karner blue butterfly population expand to about 2,000 in the city. About 3,000 are needed to sustain the population. Credit: AP Sign up for the ...

MOREAU, N.Y. – The Open Space Institute (OSI) announced it is embarking on a habitat restoration project to support the endangered Karner Blue butterfly on a property it permanently protected earlier ...

The Karner Blue Butterfly is a federally endangered species yet it thrives in Wisconsin. The Karner Blue Butterfly, a federally endangered species whose numbers are plummeting across the nation. Yet ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. – The Karner blue butterfly has exceeded recovery goals in the rare New York habitat where it was discovered by Russian author Vladimir Nabokov in the 1940s, officials announced Thursday.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The population of endangered Karner blue butterflies at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, native to the Capital Region ecosystem, is exploding this season. The current population ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has provided an update on the state’s Karner Blue Butterfly Season. Karner blue butterflies. Lycaeides melissa samuelis, are nearing the end ...

If you drive past Concord Municipal Airport one afternoon and see somebody walking next to the runway quickly – but not too quickly – while waving a butterfly net, you probably think you know what ...

State butterfly biologists Heidi Holman, left, and Heather Siart scout for frosted elfin butterflies in the Concord pine barrens, where the endangered Karner blue butterfly was reintroduced nearly 20 ...

FILE - In this July 10, 2015 file photo, a Karner Blue butterfly is seen after it was released at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission in Albany, N.Y. Wildlife officials announced Thursday, July ...