FARGO — Families had a chance to learn about monarch butterflies on Wednesday night, Aug. 20, as they began their migration. Urban Plains Park hosted a monarch butterfly tagging event Wednesday.

A monarch butterfly was fluttering inside a large net while Larry Hoffman tried to gently grab hold of its wings. Hoffman, 77, grabbed the butterfly’s body, turned it over in his hands and placed a ...

It may still be summer outside, but it is not too early to think about fall Monarch migration. In fact, the Monarch Blitz, a yearly event to engage and educate the public about monarchs, has just ...

A monarch butterfly carrying a tiny tag developed by Cellular Tracking Technologies at the Cape May Point Arts and Science Center in Cape May Point, N.J., Nov. 12, 2025. Scientists used tiny new ...

The Monarch Monitoring Project of New Jersey Audubon’s Cape May Bird Observatory on Sunday started its 30th year of counting and tagging migrating monarch butterflies, which have slowly been building ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Mary Ann Steeb loves her garden. “We just like to take care of the yard and the flowers and so we love the butterflies,” she said. Every day, she tends to her plants and carefully ...

Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds, nobody knew where these strikingly beautiful creatures ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Nahant Marsh Education Center will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Monarch Party the first weekend in September. Visitors will get the chance to help scientists track the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fall is almost here, and pretty soon, the Kansas City metro will be turning orange — and no, we’re not talking about the leaves. Autumn is the time of year for monarch butterflies ...

The Central Platte Natural Resources District, Central Community College and the Grand Island Groundwater Guardian Team will host a monarch butterfly tagging event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 27 at ...