Once, millions of monarchs wintered in California. But climate change, habitat loss, widespread pesticide use and disease ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

The monarch butterfly is known by scientists as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means "sleepy transformation." The name evokes the species' ability to hibernate and metamorphize. Adult ...

MADISON WISCONSIN - The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its ...

Discover the magic of butterflies in New Jersey with a visit to enchanting gardens showcasing a variety of colorful species. Butterflies are beautiful. Butterflies, to me, mean positivity and change.

A recent study published in the open-access journal African Invertebrates provides insights into the life history and ...

Adult monarch butterflies are large with bright orange wings, white spots and black veins and boarder. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending federal protections for the species as factors ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management ...

An all-time low of fewer than 2,000 monarchs was recorded in 2020. The society said these numbers underscored the importance of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's new proposal to list the butterfly ...

The monarch butterfly population spending the winter in the western United States has declined to its second-lowest level in nearly three decades.

With over 120 species, butterflies contribute a colorful component to Maine’s biological diversity. Butterflies also play important ecological roles, both as pollinators of wildflowers and as prey to ...