The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

The eastern monarch butterfly, an important pollinating species known for its distinct yellow-orange and black colour, is diminishing due to the loss of the milkweed plant—its primary food source.

There’s no record telling us when monarch butterflies first began their journeys of up to 2,800 miles between southern Canada, the northern U.S., and central Mexico.

The Monarch Butterfly is one of the most distinctive and colorful butterflies that occurs in west Texas. The upper wings are dark orange in coloration and are bordered in black.

Researchers find that the white spots on the wings of monarch butterflies may help them fly farther. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on June 21, 2023.) Accessibility links ...

Every fall, monarch butterflies embark on one of nature’s greatest journeys. These insects flap more than 2,000 miles from their summer homes in Canada down to the mountains of central Mexico.

What makes for a successful insect migration? For a monarch butterfly, the more white spots you have, the better your chances, new research suggests. Researchers from the University of Georgia ...

For the monarch and other butterflies this is not a trivial matter. An average monarch weighs roughly 500 milligrams; large raindrops have a mass of 70 milligrams or more.

The dark cost of being toxic Sequestration of plant toxins by monarch butterflies leads to reduced warning signal conspicuousness Date: January 18, 2023 ...

Each summer, big butterflies with dark orange and black stripes on their wings visit the Lehigh Valley’s gardens and green spaces — but it might not be that way forever. Migratory monarch ...