Wearing dark sunglasses, long sleeves and a wide-brimmed hat, Florida retiree Linda Cooper came prepared to gaze at ...

Scientists have discovered that the striking orange and black wings of monarch butterflies not only send the message to predators that these butterflies are highly toxic, but that the storage of ...

Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some Japanese stilt grass is pushing its way in as well. We use neighbor John and ...

The wings of monarchs that survive a 2,000-mile-long migration tend to be spottier, suggesting that feature may aid the insects’ ability to fly. By Kate Golembiewski Every fall, monarch butterflies ...

The white spots on the edges of a monarch butterfly's wings might give it an advantage while migrating, according to new research. Sanka Vidanagama / NurPhoto via Getty Images For a migrating monarch ...