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 tiny ...

On Thursday, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterfly to the "red list" of threatened species. Known for its orange and black wings and annual ...

On a piercingly sunny morning in mid-June, there was a dizzying amount of activity in the front garden of a home in San Diego’s College Area, owned by a woman named Sara. But you had to look closely ...

If you've always wanted to curate your own monarch butterfly garden but have been unsure of where to start or how to snag supplies without breaking the bank, we've got some good news for you. You ...

For the first time in California, citizen scientists can join the effort to track monarch butterflies thanks to Blu+, a new ...

An Orland Park woman who raises butterflies in her home hit the monarch migration jackpot: A tiny tag affixed to one of her 2020 butterflies was recovered in the mountainous region of central Mexico ...

Monarch butterflies are classified as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. There is a difference between threatened (the previous classification for monarchs) and ...

Oliver Milman is the author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World, which is available now from W. W. Norton. In the depths of the Californian winter, an ember of hope ...

On July 22, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added the migratory monarch butterfly to its “Red List” of threatened species and classified it as endangered. Monarchs have ...

With its charismatic appearance and awe-inspiring migrations, it's not surprising that the monarch butterfly motivates gardeners to provide extra care for these pollinators in their gardens. These ...

An injured monarch butterfly was given a second chance at life after undergoing a delicate wing transplant at a Long Island wildlife rehabilitation center. Since the Sweetbriar Nature Center shared ...