The California Academy of Sciences is leading an effort to bring back the Xerces blue butterfly, which went extinct around ...

Dreaming about the American Dream and looking for some adventurous vacations to do with your family? Need to ditch the ...

Scientists are grappling with a stark population decline of the western monarch butterfly after the species’ numbers hit a near all-time low. This year’s Western Monarch Count, which has ...

State Farm can soon start raising premiums by 17% for its California home insurance customers. State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved the rate hike Tuesday.

find your state: state symbols under consideration or recently enshrined Visit Congress.gov to find links for legislative websites for each U.S. state and territory.

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: When state legislatures convene, it doesn’t always have to be about taxes, tariffs and heart-wrenching testimonies from constituents calling for policy changes. The ...

New Mexico was poised to adopt the tortilla its state bread, but the bill that got unanimous support in the Legislature fell flat with the governor. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ...

Ninety-two years ago, the American Goldfinch became Iowa’s state bird. Today, Iowans are calling for a state horse, fish and butterfly. How are these official state symbols designated?

California is turning 175 years old later this year. To mark the occasion, we will be looking at several aspects of the state seal, as well as the nation’s seal and those of other states.

Butterfly populations in the U.S. declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020, with 13 times as many species declining as increasing. Butterflies are disappearing in the United States. All kinds of them. With a ...

We have never had as clear and compelling a picture of butterfly declines as we do now.” Edwards, formerly a postdoctoral research associate at Washington State University, Vancouver, now works with ...