The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life.

The annual butterfly count in Olmsted County last weekend showed numbers are down in this area, as is the case across much of North America, but more than two dozen species were spotted.

FILE – Monarch butterflies from Canada stop to rest in Wendy Park on their way to Mexico, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period for a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed ...

By Jeff Gaffney Every fall and winter, one of the most delicate, iconic, endangered visitors, the western Monarch butterfly, ...

Image: Art Page submission from Carol Moyer, “ Monarch Butterfly Sideways with Closed Wings. “ (Beyond Pesticides, December 20, 2024) On December 12, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) opened a ...

The data that Mission Monarch gains is used to identify where the higher densities of the species are, especially prime breeding areas, so that people can restore their habitats.

Monarch butterfly populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. In early December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is going to decide whether the monarch ...

Butterflies released as part of Rathdrum's Monarch City program Since joining the Monarch City USA project in 2019, Rathdrum has been working to help recover the monarch butterfly population.

Soon enough, the monarch flitted over to a common milkweed patch I had been nurturing through several dry spells. Carefully, I worked to get a little closer, concerned that the thousands of lenses ...

The monarch butterfly is much beloved, but its numbers have dropped dramatically. On Dec. 10, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting the monarch under the Endangered Species Act.