Before 1990, the Quino checkerspot butterfly could be found from Los Angeles to the Mexico border. Now, they're only found in Riverside and San Diego counties. But the butterfly could soon be ...

This Saturday, the Otero County Native Plant Society will host a checkerspot butterfly viewing to learn more about butterfly ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service opened public comment on its draft recovery plan for the endangered Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly found in New Mexico. The butterfly ...

A year-round resident of New Mexico's high mountain meadows, the highly imperiled Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly relies wholly on the integrity of its remarkably limited range. This ...

SANTA FE, N.M.— Conservation groups Forest Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last Friday over its failure to grant ...

State officials granted temporary protections to the Quino checkerspot, setting up a review — and a new flashpoint in the housing-versus-conservation fight. SACRAMENTO, California — California ...

The Sacramento mountains checkerspot butterfly is unique, found in all the world only on 2,000 acres of high meadow in the village of Cloudcroft, N.M. (pop. 768, altitude 8,640 ft.), and the adjoining ...

The butterfly was listed as endangered in 2023 due to a series of threats, including impacts from wildfires, climate variability, incompatible grazing, invasive plants and recreation. The butterfly ...