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

The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...

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.

Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds, nobody knew where these strikingly beautiful creatures ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies ... Milkweeds get their name from the white sap the stalks exude when cut. It does contain toxins that could ...

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from ...

VERNON — Vernon is an entry point for monarch butterflies migrating north from their wintering grounds in Mexico. In June, a group of nature lovers got together on the back deck of Vermont Woods ...

Monarch butterflies fly about 3,000 miles each year ... It is the longest mammal migration on Earth. Great white sharks migrate 12,400 miles between South Africa to Western Australia and back.