Monarchs traveled to a remote part of Mexico, a journey they've made for thousands of years, and wintered there. Now tens of ...

To protect the endangered monarch butterfly, researchers are harnessing the power of tiny solar-equipped devices for monitoring. These trackers provide valuable data on how butterflies interact with ...

Learn monarch butterfly tagging techniques at a free Aug. 18 training in St. Clair and help support migration research.

People tag monarchs at Baker University’s Wetlands Discovery Center last September. Monarch Watch holds a tagging event each fall during migration season. Butterfly enthusiasts in the eastern half of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtesy Cynthia Farr Weinfeld It's no secret that monarch butterfly populations are struggling. Counts at their wintering sites ...

In January, I had the life-changing experience of visiting the high-altitude oyamel fir forests of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt, where most eastern monarch butterflies overwinter. Although the ...

With a flutter and flap of wings, monarch butterflies soar through the air and float from flower to flower at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. Everyone in the Ivey-Caldwell family gives ...

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With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the ...

The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades, with the latest count showing the second smallest population on record, according to the Center for Biological ...

From 2003 to 2019, amateur butterfly enthusiast Harlan Radcliff spent his lunch breaks observing butterflies on the grounds of the Camp Dodge military installation in central Iowa. Diane Debinski, ...

Monarch butterfly sightings thrill gardeners and nature lovers. The world’s most famous and beloved butterfly is renowned for its migration. Multiple generations work their way north during spring and ...