Every year, thousands of butterflies migrate from New England to the warmer airs of central Mexico, some 3,000 miles away. Scientists across the country are studying their migration patterns through a ...

A broken wing almost ended a monarch butterfly's journey on Long Island, but a caring hand and a clever idea gave it a second chance to fly again. At the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, experts ...

MADISON, Wis. — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking ...

The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...

This surgery was a total metamorphosis! An injured monarch butterfly with a ripped-off wing is able to fly again thanks to a first-of-its kind transplant at a nature preserve on Long Island. The ...

ARVADA, Colo. — The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) said monarch butterfly populations have declined upwards of 90% in recent decades. "There’s been an impact of climate change, habitat loss [and] ...

MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri Department of Conservation official recently spotted a ghostly variation of a Monarch butterfly in the state. Natural History Biologist Amanda Gehin saw an extremely rare ...