Volunteers for Monarch Watch, a nonprofit education and research program based out of the University of Kansas, tag monarch butterflies to keep track of population status.

Monarch butterflies travel hundreds and even thousands of miles in their migration to Mexico. Volunteer efforts to tag the butterflies have helped scientists learn more about their journey. With a ...

Volunteers for Monarch Watch, a nonprofit education and research program based out of the University of Kansas, tag monarch butterflies to keep track of population status.

It’s the time of year when Monarch butterflies migrate through the Midwest, and butterfly tagging events are held nearly every weekend. However, these events have bigger goals than just ...

On Sunday, Oct. 8 you can have the opportunity to participate in tagging Monarch butterflies. Paul Lederer and I will be leading a walk at Conference House Park to tag Monarchs from 1-3 p.m. Meet ...

Brad Burden, research and monitoring coordinator for the Adaptive and Integrative Management Team, displays the alpha-numeric code of the Monarch Watch tag on a monarch butterfly Oct. 19, 2024, at ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Monarch butterflies are at risk of becoming an endangered species. Right now, volunteers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are helping with ...

- All right, so I brought along some monarch butterflies with me. And tagging only happens on the southern migration. In this area, like we talked about, mid-September into the beginning of October.

Monarch life cycle. Egg: Monarch butterflies go through four or five generations each year. The male and female monarchs mate, after which the female lays fertile eggs, one at a time. Each egg is ...

A monarch butterfly with a tag on its wing perches on a flower head at Monarch Watch's butterfly tagging event at the Baker Wetlands on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

Ivory Staber, of Moorhead, carefully handles her butterfly during the Fargo Park District and Audubon Great Plains Monarch butterfly tagging event at Urban Plains Park on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.