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 ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers are on the move to save a butterfly that’s on the brink of extinction. Scientists here in Albuquerque are currently raising what may be the last known ...
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 ...