When it comes to attracting Monarch butterflies this spring, they really just want one thing - and one thing only: milkweed. Also called asclepias, it's the only plant that Monarch caterpillars are ...

There are numerous reasons why so much attention is being given to Monarch Butterflies in Missouri. To start, they’re truly a phenomenal species that bewilders scientists who study the annual ...

In front of Starr's Cave Nature Center is a small pocket of prairie whose native plants make it an important way station for monarch butterflies on their way to and from their overwinter grounds in ...

Fairbanks Ranch resident Lola Langner is doing her part to help conserve the monarch butterfly population, encouraging her neighbors in Rancho Santa Fe and beyond to turn their yards into a friendly ...

The monarch butterfly has been listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on its Red List of Threatened Species. Habitat loss from devastating weather ...

Each summer, monarch butterflies begin an extraordinary journey. They travel 3,000 miles across parts of the U.S. and Canada all the way to central Mexico. Undeniably, an impressive feat, and one of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The green chrysalis patiently hanging underneath an old farm picnic table started turning ...