Wandering Jews Hike: Saturday afternoon hikes in Palos Verdes. Most hikes are easy or moderate, take 1-2 hours and start at 2 ...

The Palos Verdes blue butterfly is so small and so blue — the kind of deep sky-blue that makes people exclaim, “What a beautiful day!” — that it looks more like jewelry than a living creature.

Along the coast on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, you can find crossover habitat for both butterfly species. The Palos Verdes blue also extends inland across the peninsula, including to the Defense ...

Yet these insects, along with another endangered local species — the Palos Verdes blue butterfly — are rare to see. For one, the butterflies are roughly the size of a human thumbnail.

Rare Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly released in San Pedro as Navy rear admiral takes part The butterfly was once thought to be extinct before a sighting in 1994.

The Butterfly Project is already seeing results. The Urban Wildland Group, which models the recovery of the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, estimates there are hundreds of the rare flyers on the Navy ...

The wingspan of the Palos Verdes blue butterfly is only 0.98 to 1.18 inches, and the male’s wings are more silvery blue than those of its distant cousin.

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LOS ANGELES - A rare blue butterfly took flight Saturday morning on a windswept bluff of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in California. Then another. And then another. A cluster of conservationists ...

Rare Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly released in San Pedro as Navy rear admiral takes part The butterfly was once thought to be extinct before a sighting in 1994.

Coinciding with LA Fleet Week, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy joined U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Brad Rosen for a release of endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterflies at historic breeding ...