Habitat loss, climate change and the use of pesticides are to blame for the population decline of monarchs, says Karen ...

Creating a haven for monarch butterflies in your backyard is more than just a joy for the eyes—it’s a crucial way to support ...

The monarch butterfly is most renowned for its yearly odyssey. Some will travel up to 3,000 miles during their two-way winter ...

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life.

Steven Fulton started out offering milkweed plants to support the endangered Western Monarch population. Today his Santa ...

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Eastern Monarch population has dropped from around 383 million to under ...

We’ve endangered these creatures, as we humans often do, and some scientists want monarchs on the official endangered list.

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed. A monarch butterfly gliding over a field on ...

Because milkweed, the single host plant of the monarch’s larval form, has been nearly wiped out by agriculture, development and pesticides. This has led to a decline in the monarch butterfly by ...

Monarch butterflies depend on milkweed and its close relatives to complete their life cycle. The study’s findings suggest that when aphids attack tropical milkweed, they compromise this monarch ...

Colin Larson Fremont Tribune Aug 31, 2017 Updated Jan 25, 2021 0 ...