What are we talking about? The majestic monarch butterfly, of course! Yet, there’s more to these bright-winged beauties than ...

Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus ... and a black border dotted with white spots, as seen in the images here. While this ...

Monarch butterflies are among the planet’s power migrators. Every autumn, a new generation of the orange and black insects are born in the northern United States and southern Canada. They then ...

On the slopes of a volcano in central Mexico, biologist Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero and his team envision a climate refuge for oyamel fir trees and the monarch butterflies that depend on them.

The migration of the monarch butterfly is one of the wonders of the natural world. Each autumn, a new generation of monarch butterflies is born in the northern United States and southern Canada.

About 150 species of butterflies have been documented in Ohio, but none are better known and more beloved than the iconic monarch. The large orange and black butterflies are conspicuous ...

The kids, including brothers Andre (left) and Edgar Leyja learned about the lifecycle of Monarch butterflies and their migration through Texas before planting the seeds.(Tom Fox / Staff ...

An experiment to grow new forests in central Mexico offers hope that the crucial winter habitat for millions of migrating monarch butterflies could survive into the next century. While moving a ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A vibrant cluster of approximately 200 monarch butterflies has formed a roost on the northeast side of the main woodlot at Wendy Park, near the volleyball courts. That’s ...

Monarch butterflies are like little miracles, each weighing no more than a grain of wheat and flying with tissue-thin wings along an autumn migration route that covers up to 2,800 miles.

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat, milkweed, ...