The high-altitude forest here is the perfect microclimate for the species, and it’s one of the few places in the world where ...

Gloria Tavera Alonso, the Mexican agency’s director general of conservation, said the improved numbers owed to better climatic factors and humidity. Drought along the butterflies’ migratory ...

After wintering in Mexico, the iconic butterflies with black and orange wings fly north, breeding multiple generations along the way for thousands of miles. The offspring that reach southern Canada ...

the preferred food of monarch butterflies, gets all the press but almost any flower is great, and lots of herbs as well. They don’t have to be exotic. Golden Alexander, Zinnias, Mexican ...