Recognizing species at risk is complicated by human biases, perceptions, and preferences.

Endangered species have strong preferences too for the places they make their homes, and for some, those requirements are nonnegotiable.

Habitats that appear insignificant and uninviting to the human eye often provide a safe haven for small, invertebrate creatures at risk of extinction.

A rapidly expanding airfield came to play a defining role in the survival prospects of the El Segundo blue butterfly.

A major oil refinery in Southern California discovers an endangered butterfly and a PR campaign is launched.

California dreams of high-energy, far-flung mobility converge and collide with the sacred symbolism of a placemaking butterfly.

Butterfly metamorphosis, symbolic across many cultures of self-creation and radical change, inspires experiments in performance art and collective transformation of extractivist society.