Each year, millions of monarch butterflies travel thousands of miles across North America to escape the cold and find suitable breeding grounds. Their migration habits are an absolutely extraordinary ...

By creating a butterfly habitat in your backyard, you can help at-risk species such as monarch butterflies to thrive. These lovely creatures contribute greatly to the health of our ecosystem by ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Learning in the field was definitely the goal for two northwest Ohio science teachers who went on a field ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate ...

Western monarch butterflies are considered an iconic species ... It would just be amazing — thousands of them flying all around you. It’s hard to explain the feeling.” ...

Monarch butterflies are unique in their migration patterns. Eastern monarchs travel between Mexico and the U.S., spending ...

The survey began in 1997 Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctive orange-and-black wings, are found across North America. Monarchs in the eastern United States spend their winters in ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign.

FILE - A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File) ...

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from ...