Zipkin noted that the insects "need a very specific kind of temperature and precipitation conditions to develop from an egg all the way into a butterfly, and if those change during certain times ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...

A butterfly is a type of insect with four wings that come in a wide variety of colors and patterns. They are members of the order Lepidoptera, which includes moths as well. Butterflies have long been ...