Canada’s federal government is considering changing the status of Monarch butterflies to “endangered,” a move that may limit human activities in their habitat. The environment ministry published a regulatory impact analysis on May 13, which includes feedback it got from regional governments, industry, and others. Some expressed concern that permits would be required to remove…

Monarch butterflies have a friend in Jeff and Roxanne Stelle of Springfield, Illinois, who have set up “butterfly gardens” throughout their back and front yards that will help the insects survive. A chief nursing officer at an Illinois hospital, Roxanne Stelle began last summer working in the garden when she returned home from long hours…