Just an hour’s drive from Zitácuaro, the sanctuary opens from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and offers a visitor center with photo exhibits and documentaries explaining the monarchs’ migration.

This Michoacan butterfly sanctuary has one of the most substantial roosts of monarch butterflies, making it a top pick for anyone who only has time for one sanctuary visit.

MICHOACAN -- Hundreds of millions of migrating Monarch butterflies is one of the main attractions in the colonial towns of Angangueo, Ocampo, Zitacuaro and Maravatio every winter.

Hernandez Romero's body was discovered on Saturday near the highest point of the mountainous sanctuary, which sits 9,000 feet above sea level in the state of Michoacan, about 130 miles west of ...

Second person linked to butterfly sanctuary found dead in Mexico. ... Michoacan state houses the largest monarch butterfly reserve in Mexico, which is now a Unesco World Heritage site.

A previous version of this article misstated the nature of the eastern monarch butterfly's population decline in the past 25 years. The population declined but did not do so steadily.

Rose Cochran is a bonafide Butterfly Lady. Watch as she journeys to a Monarch sanctuary in Mexico and shares her mission to save the butterflies.

Days after the funeral of Homero Gómez González, Raúl Hernández Romero was found dead on Feb. 1 at the top of a hill in the El Rosario monarch butterfly sanctuary in Michoacan, Mexico ...

Monarch butterflies rest on a plant in El Rosario Butterfly Sanctuary, in Michoacan State, Mexico on Jan. 31, 2022. Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images ...

In Michoacan, Mexico conservationist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was considered the king of the Monarchs. Until one day in 2020, when he disappeared without a trace. Skip to content ...