G rowing milkweed is one of the most rewarding actions a gardener can take to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on ...

Although each monarch only migrates once, it can find the exact overwintering groves its ancestors used, probably using magnetism and sunlight to help it navigate. Monarch caterpillars eat 200 times ...

According to the World Wildlife Fund, adult monarch butterflies possess two pairs of brilliant orange-red wings, featuring ...

Monarch butterfly populations are plummeting, with a shocking 96% drop recorded in the Western Monarch Count. Scientists warn habitat loss, climate change, and pesticides are driving the crisis-but ...

Scientists have long known that milkweed cardenolides, which in most animals disable a vital sodium-potassium pump enzyme if they are absorbed into the blood, serve to make caterpillars and ...

People can help monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, their primary food source, and creating butterfly-friendly habitats. Monarch butterflies typically live for a few weeks, except for the ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly ... forest degradation in the butterfly's overwintering sites Climate change punctuated by episodic extreme ...