The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas. (Photo via Mtwrighter/Wikipedia Commons) (CN) — Marianna Trevino Wright thought she had found her dream job, directing a nature refuge on the Rio ...

The National Butterfly Center — a nature preserve in Mission, Texas, just north of the Rio Grande — has been threatened for years by the potential construction of a border wall and even far-right ...

PHARR, Texas (Border Report) — The National Butterfly Center has closed its doors indefinitely citing threats leading up to an ultra-conservative pro-border wall rally nearby last weekend that led to ...

MISSION, Texas (Border Report) — The National Butterfly Center, with its serene grounds along the Rio Grande in South Texas, is always a big draw for tourists and locals living on the border. Now, a ...

MISSION, Texas (KXAN) — The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley has a renewed sense of determination for preventing the construction of the border wall. This comes ...

Hundreds of conservative politicians and rallygoers are gathering this weekend on the Texas-Mexico. Concerned by “credible threats,” the National Butterfly Center closed on Friday and will stay that ...

The possible future construction of the border wall could threaten the butterfly population, according to the National Butterfly Center. Underneath electric transmission lines, utilities are creating ...

MISSION, Texas — For nearly two decades, the National Butterfly Center has provided a place of wonder along the banks of the Rio Grande, attracting curious visitors and nature enthusiasts from around ...

Editor's note: This story was updated on Dec. 3. On an average day at the National Butterfly Center, a 100-acre wildlife center and botanical garden in South Texas, visitors can see 100 different ...

The Trump administration must face allegations by a Texas butterfly sanctuary abutting the U.S.-Mexico border that challenges on constitutional grounds the federal government's plans to build a wall ...