The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America ... its essential food plant by growing milkweed in your yard or garden. Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on milkweed ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate ...

“You can have a butterfly garden in your backyard, but leave the monarchs alone and don’t interfere.” Both DeWaard and Davis said they expect the monarch will continue to survive as a ...

GILGER: And there at the desert Botanical Garden, you've been working for a long time to preserve the monarch butterfly here in Arizona. And it's been like a decade since the initial petition to make ...

The number of monarch butterflies migrating to California over the winter has hit a near-record low, according to the agency that conducts the annual count. The 28th annual Western Monarch Count ...

The migration of Monarch Butterflies is an incredible natural phenomenon. We’re all familiar with the stunning beauty of the fragile monarch butterfly, its bright orange wings, and intricate black ...

Monarch butterflies were everywhere, fluttering between my mom’s and grandma’s gardens. Little did I know that by releasing them back into our yard, I was actually helping nature’s most efficient ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo ...

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from ...