The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...

There are so many amazing and marvelous aspects in nature. Take the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) for example. This may be the most familiar and recognized butterfly in North America, yet I ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven coastal California counties as critical habitats.

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

A monarch butterfly house is available for ... Originally, Johnson placed one male and one female butterfly in the shelter. From caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, there are now hundreds ...

Female Queen Alexandra's birdwings are the biggest butterflies ... The painted lady recently took the crown for the longest journey from the monarch butterfly, which migrates annually from Canada to ...