The monarch butterfly is one of nature’s most captivating creatures, renowned for its striking orange and black wings and a breathtaking migration journey that spans thousands of miles. Each year, ...

Are monarch butterflies endangered? Monarch population numbers are falling and it's clear that these butterflies need our ...

Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...

This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

A winter count of visiting monarch butterflies found a steep drop from previous years, which has scientists worried about the ...

The western monarch migration occurs over multiple generations ... the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered ...

At a festival last September in Minneapolis meant to celebrate the monarch butterflies' migration before winter ... from an egg all the way into a butterfly, and if those change during certain ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...

The findings challenge previous assumptions about butterfly migration and highlight the role of phenotypic plasticity.

Explore the worrying decline of Monarch butterflies in Texas and the implications for pollination and food production. Learn why preserving these butterflies is vital for a sustainable ecosystem.

Evie Kinkead, a junior at Aptos High School, pitched this story about a project she spearheaded to help monarch butterfly ...