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Texas Butterfly Festival highlights need for crucial gardens

MISSION — Goldenrods thick with yellow blooms in the sun stand tall above their beds bordered with landscape timber.

Texas Butterfly Festival returns to RGV in its 27th year

BROWNSVILLE — Do you like fruit?

Rare Mexican M Hairstreak species spotted at butterfly center

Although butterflies are a familiar sight at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, a rare species like the one recently found residing among its other butterfly friends is something special.

Wings of hope: Butterfly center director says monarch not endangered; points to conservation efforts

News of the monarch butterfly now being an endangered species may have been slightly exaggerated, at least according to the local butterfly center director in the Rio Grande Valley.

Government announces settlement with private wall builders

The federal government has announced it has reached a settlement with the builders of a 3-mile stretch of private border wall along the banks of the Rio Grande south of Mission.

Barbs on the riverbank: Concertina wire placed along Rio Grande sparks questions

MISSION — A lengthy row of concertina wire stretching along the banks of the Rio Grande near Mission is raising questions from local environmentalists concerned that its installation may be harming local wildlife.

Photo Gallery: National Butterfly Center

The National Butterfly Center is dropping a portion of a lawsuit it filed against the builders of a private border wall south of Mission. The...

Butterfly center drops federal suit; defamation claims against private wall builder to be fought...

The National Butterfly Center is dropping a portion of a lawsuit it filed against the builders of a private border wall south of Mission. The...

National Butterfly Center to close for ‘immediate future’ following threats

Amid recent negative attention from right-wing conspiracy theorists, the National Butterfly Center announced it will be closed to the public for the immediate future. The...