A new report, co-authored by Washington State University conservation biologist Cheryl Schultz, provides a roadmap for ...

A butterfly flits past the window at the Castlewood Canyon Visitor Center, where dozens of volunteers have gathered to learn ...

When it’s summer at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota and a bright orange monarch flutters past you, that can only ...

Whether you’re a butterfly fanatic or simply interested in nature, the monarch butterfly is worth a study. Beautiful and ...

East St. Louis' Jayden McCallum passes the baton to Zavion Brownlee during the 4x200 meter relay during the IHSA 2A Boys State Track and Field Championships at O'Brien Field in Charleston on Saturday, ...

The monarch butterfly migrates up to 3,000 miles from southern Canada ... Ten to fourteen days later, these caterpillars enter chrysalis, and after another ten to fourteen days, they metamorphose into ...

If, despite that warning, a bird eats a monarch butterfly, glycosides make it sick, a memorable lesson for that bird (and presumably for other birds in the same territory) to refrain from even going ...

Monarch butterflies are icons of long-distance migration, drifting each autumn from inland western states to sheltered groves on California’s coast. Yet some in the growing butterfly population now ...

Butterflies are fragile and vulnerable to predation by all kinds of critters, from birds and reptiles to spiders and other insects. As a result, butterflies have evolved to protect themselves. Some ...

Carefully prepared by Sharing the Butterfly Experience ... families to observe the transformation of monarch butterflies—from caterpillar to chrysalis to adult—over a 20-day period.

Their latest effort includes helping protect the monarch butterfly. "Each grade has a theme and the first grade is endangered pollinators," said Constance Murtaugh, a first-grade teacher at Yes.