The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life. Understanding a few facts about the process lets you observe it in nature with ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate change ...

If you've always wanted to curate your own monarch butterfly garden but have been unsure of where to start or how to snag supplies without breaking the bank, we've got some good news for you. You ...

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are some of the most iconic insects around. But they are uniquely threatened and earlier this month, Mexico’s Commission for National Protected Areas announced ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It’s also hard to believe that the life cycle of this incredibly colorful ...

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 ...

Monarch butterflies undertake a migration journey spanning 3,000 miles. That journey mirrors many migrants' experiences, ...

The California State Parks Foundation is asking Californians to track sightings of western monarch butterflies to help save the dwindling insect population. The California State Parks Foundation, a ...