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President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live.

Long before it grows its classic black and orange wings, the Monarch butterfly begins its life among the hooded flowers of ...

Monarch butterflies from the western United States have arrived in Santa Cruz and other parts of the California Coast, clumping in the thousands on branches of Monterey pine, coastal redwoods and ...

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 ...

Wearing dark sunglasses, long sleeves and a wide-brimmed hat, Florida retiree Linda Cooper came prepared to gaze at ...

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

Monarch butterfly enthusiasts across the Southeast are being called upon to report sightings of the iconic species this ...

Every spring, gardeners wait for a familiar flash of orange wings to glide into their yards. Monarch butterflies, the symbols of transformation and endurance, have long enchanted both scientists and ...

Monarch butterfly enthusiasts' help is needed again. Volunteers from the Southeast and Gulf states have provided more than ...

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.