The splashy monarch butterfly only lives about five weeks, but its entire survival is in question due to threats posed by ...

The Trump administration is reopening public comment on a proposed rule that would list the monarch butterfly as threatened ...

Just a few years ago, the eastern monarch was considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening a second comment period as they work to list the monarch butterfly on the ...

The number of monarch butterflies that spent the winter in Mexico doubled this year, giving hope for a species that has faced ...

The high-altitude forest here is the perfect microclimate for the species, and it’s one of the few places in the world where ...

In a turn of events, the eastern monarch butterfly population ... in their yards and gardens to attract the iconic, orange butterflies. Before buying milkweed, nature lovers should know ...

One butterfly comes so far, and then it will stop to reproduce, and then the offspring from that monarch will emerge from the ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Say the word “butterfly,” and the iconic orange and black of the monarch may immediately spring to mind. But they are becoming a rarer and rarer sight in nature.

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains west of Mexico City, rebounded this year, doubling the area they covered in 2024 despite the stresses of climate change.