The annual migration of monarch butterflies is one of science's great mysteries: millions of monarchs know the correct path even though they have never made the long journey themselves. As 60 ...

Monarch butterflies are amazing butterflies! The monarch butterfly is unique in its two-way migration pattern, traveling both ...

(Thomas Walker/Freelance) Clair Sanders, left, Summer and Brody Brenner pose as Kelly Brenner takes a picture of them with their butterfly puppets at the Monarch Madness Festival at Hashawha ...

The monarch population is already small, she said, and triple-digit heat in the western states last year may have slowed breeding.Monarchs suffer when the mercury gets up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Close your eyes and imagine a butterfly.Chances are you may have pictured a monarch, with its blazing orange and black wings.They are some of North America’s most iconic butterflies, but they ...

It’s a big day for insects. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it is proposing the monarch butterfly for threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act, a big ...

There’s little debate that the monarch’s epic yearly migration is in trouble. Analyses of fall-migrating monarchs collected through the Journey North program, in which citizen scientists report the ...

Critters The Monarch May Soon Be Listed as Threatened—With Big Implications for Texas Butterfly Breeders The beloved orange insect has suffered a sharp decline in numbers, but scientists ...

The monarch’s striking orange and black pattern makes you stop and stare when you see it. Lately, it's rare to see a monarch butterfly land on a plant or flutter by.

The monarch butterfly, with its striking orange and black markings, has become a beloved species. But it’s struggling to survive. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an ...