Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue ...

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While I suspect the majority of people here in Texas have seen a monarch butterfly, most probably don’t know that they make ...

For the first time in California, citizen scientists can join the effort to track monarch butterflies thanks to Blu+, a new ...

1:10 p.m. Oct. 30, 2023: An earlier version of this article stated that the California Bumble Bee Atlas project is a Xerces-supported group in Riverside. The project, based in Riverside, is run by the ...

Monarch butterflies have begun fluttering across Michigan after a migration that began in Mexico. The brightly colored insects have been reported in southeast Michigan, migration watchers say.

Jerry Pugh had a rare experience this year: He saw a monarch butterfly in the wild. Though the Boise Parks and Recreation volunteer coordinator works to conserve the endangered butterfly, sightings ...

The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction last Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. “It’s just ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

The monarch butterfly, chosen in 1975 to be Illinois' State Insect, fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because ...

The monarch butterfly, state insect of Texas, has been rapidly declining in number over the last 20 years, going down by 95% according to some estimates. Every spring and fall, millions of monarch ...

The annual migration south for monarch butterflies peaks in late September. Here's how to watch for the regal butterfly.