Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on milkweed ... The female butterfly lays her eggs only on various kinds of milkweed. The eggs are small and cone shaped. When the tiny “baby” caterpillar ...

If you want to protect monarch butterflies in your garden, you need to limit the number of wasps that are feeding on the eggs and caterpillars -- but remember that wasps are also important ...

Mesa Mayor Mark Freeman joined over 600 leaders across the U.S. that have restored more than 6,500 acres of monarch habitat.

Monarch butterfly populations are plummeting, with a shocking 96% drop recorded in the Western Monarch Count. Scientists warn ...

The kids would watch them transform from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly over ... and it is the only plant on which monarch butterflies will lay their eggs. Shifting priorities in land ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, fragile traveler.

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.

During the spring and summer, butterflies will begin to either emerge from chrysalis or begin migrating. Here's when to see butterflies in Louisiana.