They call her "the butterfly lady." In the fall, when migrating monarch butterflies start appearing in Silver City to dine on blooming chamisa, Patrice Mutchnick, director of Heart of ...

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life. Understanding a few facts about the process lets you observe it in nature with ease ...

A member of the Long Beach Garden Club is working to save monarch butterflies.

One of the most recognizable—and imitated—insects in the world is on the edge of extinction, scientists warn. “Monarchs need ...

Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some Japanese stilt grass is pushing its way in as well. We use neighbor John and ...

Photo Caption: This is one of a dozen winter monarch butterflies that were raised from larvae found by Bob Pish shortly before Christmas. Photograph by Bob Pish. During the 12 years this column has ...

The arrival of monarchs in the Northeast is one of nature’s most beautiful spectacles. Their grueling journey pays off, but ...

The population of the iconic species is shrinking in the long term, but continued conservation efforts can help save it.

Monarch butterfly populations have nearly doubled this year, an annual survey of the species found. At the end of each summer, the beloved pollinators migrate from southern Canada and the northern and ...

Oklahoma is seeing a surge in monarch butterfly sightings as they migrate north. Learn how to help them survive.

Good news for butterfly lovers: recent news out of Mexico offers an encouraging sign for future generations of monarchs. On ...