Monarch butterfly migration is a long journey. Learn how these amazing butterflies make the trip, where monarchs migrate to ...

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 ...

Monarch butterflies in Northern California are adapting to a changing climate by embracing an unexpected strategy: breeding in the winter. The shift could be key to the survival of the iconic insect, ...

There’s only one host plant for a monarch butterfly—milkweed! Choose native varieties for your area such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed and showy milkweed. Create a monarch haven ...

Every fall, an incredible migration occurs through the state of Indiana, where millions of tiny monarch butterflies fly on their way to overwintering grounds in Mexico, only to return in the spring to ...

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...

The official state insect of Texas is in trouble. The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline. Volunteers with ...

The small and lightweight butterfly tracker used in a Goleta grove is made up of an antenna and a tiny solar panel. Credit: Pricila Flores / Noozhawk photo Biologists have attached tiny trackers to ...