The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its ...

One of the most rewarding parts of growing milkweed is watching monarch butterflies visit ... you can expect to see these beautiful butterflies laying eggs and caterpillars munching on the leaves.

Like many other insects, a single female monarch can lay hundreds of eggs. And because milkweed still is readily available, monarchs appear to be able to bounce back each year despite fewer numbers of ...

Late last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took an important step toward putting the monarch butterfly on the ...

Usefully, the listing would legally protect the groves of trees near the California coast where western monarchs overwinter.

Citizen scientists are called on to help with tagging monarch butterflies and find out why their numbers are dropping.

It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion. “It was a complete accident, ” said the Buccaneer Point ...

The monarch butterfly population continues to shrink due to factors such as climate change. People working to help the species say proposed federal protections could boost existing efforts.

Monarch butterflies (Danaus ... across the landscape in search of milkweed plants (known as swan plants in New Zealand). In both countries, monarchs lay eggs on introduced milkweed species for ...

The iconic monarch butterfly, known for its striking orange and black coloration, migratory patterns, and love of milkweed ... that spend the winter as eggs are suffering the most in the mountains ...