The late morning is clear and warm during my walk. Previous days gave some rain and clouds, and now we have sunshine filtering through the forest trees as I go on my usual woods route. Crossing the ...

Think you spotted a monarch butterfly? It might be a viceroy. Learn how to tell the difference between these look-alike butterflies and discover their unique traits.

The viceroy butterfly is a copycat. With its orange wings divided by black lines, it looks a lot like a monarch butterfly. Those thin black lines are important because that’s one way you can ...

Monarch butterfly super generation live up to 9 times longer than most monarchs, migrates thousands of miles ...

Is it a monarch butterfly or an imitator, a white moth, or a cabbage white butterfly? These possible questions and the interest in being part of something continent-wide may have led eleven ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species on Tuesday, citing a significant decline in the iconic black and orange insects that has pushed ...

The population of the monarch butterfly — the official state insect of Texas — is continuing to decline.

After I took my photo, I showed the others on my phone and steward Beckie Green pointed out that it was a viceroy butterfly, the monarch lookalike. She noticed because of the line on the lower ...

Look closely at your backyard butterflies! Here's how to detect the subtle differences among the three butterflies that look like monarchs.