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 ...

Ultra-light tracking tags are being deployed for the first time locally on Western Monarch butterflies to monitor how and where ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Professor Elizabeth Crone, Department of Evolution and Ecology, checks a non-native milkweed in the San Francisco Bay Area for monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Known for long-distance ...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing monarch butterflies as a threatened species and has considered some possibly contradictory ways to protect them, Nicholas Storer, vice ...

If you have great vision, love the outdoors, and an appreciation for butterflies, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources ...

Two major flyways emerged: one through Central Texas from Wichita Falls to Del Rio and another along the Gulf Coast. The routes are shaped by geography, wind and roadside habitat.

A volunteer gives instructions on how to properly hold a monarch butterfly at the Baker Wetlands on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.

Monarchs are heading to wintering grounds in Mexico. Save the dates for the 2026 monarch and milkweed classes with free plants and seeds.

Q. My husband is into butterflies, and he mentions all books on the topic that you described in the Monarch and Milkweed Class he attended last year. The books sound ...

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 ...

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