The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

The proposal to list the monarch as a threatened species is not a done deal. The FWS invites comments from the general public ...

“A significant deterioration in numbers was found, according to the survey respondents,” said Martin Visser on behalf of the Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust (MBNZT). “We compared the results of this ...

Citizen scientists are called on to help with tagging monarch butterflies and find out why their numbers are dropping.

Dan Getman, a Kirksville-based master gardener, proudly watches as his grandchildren race to catch monarch butterflies on his ...

Encountering a butterfly can bring you great comfort after the death of a loved one. Many believe they bring communication ...

They are brightly colored and unique, both as caterpillars and later as mature insects ... In a 2022 study, we analyzed counts of monarch butterflies during the North American Butterfly Association’s ...

The monarch butterfly is an iconic species ... monarchs lay eggs on introduced milkweed species for their caterpillars to feed and develop. They take up the plant's toxins as part of their ...

With the recent proposed listing of the monarch butterfly under the Endangered ... the food source for monarch caterpillars. One of these, called methoxyfenozide, is likely to be highly toxic ...

Renowned photography competition selects winning photos with a concerning cause for butterflies and climate change.