Monarch butterfly numbers are up this year, but the rest of the butterfly population is declining rapidly, according to a new ...

The butterflies inside the lakefront nature museum are not monarchs… they’re tropical varieties. “All of our native species we prefer to keep outside. So if it exists naturally in Illinois ...

Plus, efforts to protect Monarch butterflies and learn about some slithering and stinging endangered animals in Illinois! WTVP EcoWatch is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

Taron is also the director of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network. The group is made up of volunteer citizen scientists who collected a significant portion of the data used in the study. Study ...

Taron is also the director of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network. The group is made up of volunteer citizen scientists who collected a significant portion of the data used in the study.