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 ...

If you noticed a lack of orange and black wings fluttering through your backyard this summer, it's not just you. The distinctive and much-loved monarch butterfly has had a noticeable drop in its ...

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

Millions of black and orange wings will flutter across the U.S. this spring, as the monarch butterflies make their annual ...

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

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 ...

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 ... After wintering in Mexico, the iconic butterflies with black and orange wings fly north, breeding multiple ...