“The most iconic place to see monarchs here in Santa Barbara County is the Goleta Butterfly Grove in Elwood Mesa,” Cusser said. “On a good year, you can see hundreds, even thousands, of these ...

It is too early to get a good sense of the population health of the monarchs — peak migration season is November through January — but the count is underway.

Why Do Monarch Butterflies Swarm? Monarch butterflies, like other butterfly species and birds, must migrate to warmer climates during the cold winter months. Monarch butterflies are unique because ...

Every fall and winter, one of the most delicate, iconic, endangered visitors, the western Monarch butterfly, settles in the towering eucalyptus trees surrounding Moran Lake County Park. Dwindling ...

Monarch butterflies return to California for the winter in November in Santa Cruz, California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as a threatened species ...

With Western Monarch butterfly populations in sharp decline, scientists on Thursday urged Southern Californians to report sightings of the species to help track and protect it. The call to action ...

Monarch butterflies are well known for their metamorphosis, transforming from hungry caterpillars into beautiful butterflies. University of Delaware alumna Stacy Wolff has spent 14 years teaching the ...

Arkansas is a great place to spot monarch butterflies as it falls directly in their migration path! While monarch butterflies travel through Arkansas in both the spring (late March to April) and the ...