Madison Kuhle, 5, Lawrence, poses as a butterfly for her father at the Monarch Watch open house Saturday at Foley Hall on Kansas University's campus. Maxx Marshall, 4, Lawrence, gets an up-close ...

The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History reports a significant decline in monarch butterfly numbers, raising concerns among scientists.

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a second. In the right conditions, a migrating monarch ...

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

Monarch butterflies make one of the largest insect migrations in the world, flying around 2,500 miles from the US and Canada to Mexico. During their migration they provide an essential pollination ...

Despite the monarch butterfly population decreasing in recent years, Pulscher said she finds motivation in the butterfly conservation effort by educating kids about the insect. “Nothing beats seeing ...