The monarch butterfly migration from the United States to Mexico is one of the great wonders of the ... I think the markings appear almost like the stained-glass windows found in an old ...

Monarch butterflies cluster on a blue gum eucalyptus, ... Leong pointed out that the sunlight shining through their patterned, orange-gold wings made them glow like stained glass in a cathedral.

The migration of millions of monarch butterflies in North America is one of the most compelling wonders of nature, ... with their stained-glass wings of black and orange. ...

The results, published online Wednesday in the journal Nature, appear to upend long-held assumptions about the monarch, including how it generates a color pattern evocative of a stained-glass sunrise.

After years of decline, the numbers of Monarch butterflies are up. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jorge Rickards of the World Wildlife Fund in Mexico about their promising rebound.

The monarch butterflies that come each year to California are, in a word, spellbinding. ... revealing its miniature stained-glass-window wings that make the species so beloved. ...

When the chill of winter comes, Monarch butterflies with their fragile stained glass-patterned wings travel up to 3,000 miles from the continental United States to their favorite spots to ...

Looking like small, flying black, orange and yellow stained-glass windows, monarch butterflies are prized for their beauty, and as a symbol of biodiversity and the need to protect ecosystems. Due to a ...