The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed. A monarch butterfly gliding over a field on ...

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 ...

The number of monarch butterflies migrating to California over the winter has hit a near-record low, according to the agency that conducts the annual count. The 28th annual Western Monarch Count ...

The migration of Monarch Butterflies is an incredible natural phenomenon. We’re all familiar with the stunning beauty of the fragile monarch butterfly, its bright orange wings, and intricate black ...

Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds, nobody knew where these strikingly beautiful creatures ...

Fewer-than-usual monarch butterflies migrated through San Luis Obispo County this winter, according to data from the conservation-focused nonprofit the Xerces Society. “It feels like a punch to ...

A lone Monarch butterfly at the Piedra Herrada butterfly sanctuary in Mexico. Late last year, just under the deadline, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took an important step toward putting the ...

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 ...

The monarch butterfly population spending the winter in the western United States has declined to its second-lowest level in nearly three decades. The big picture: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate ...

The count of 9,119 butterflies this winter is a sharp decline from 200,000 reported in the past three years, but slightly up from 2,000 monarch reported in 2020. After hundreds of volunteers and ...

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 ...