Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have long been known for their impressive migration abilities, with North American species traveling around 3,000 miles from the United States and Canada into ...

From 2003 to 2019, amateur butterfly enthusiast Harlan Radcliff spent his lunch breaks observing butterflies on the grounds of the Camp Dodge military installation in central Iowa. Diane Debinski, ...

Monarch butterflies return to California for the winter in November in Santa Cruz, California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as a threatened species ...

There’s only one host plant for a monarch butterfly—milkweed! Choose native varieties for your area such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed and showy milkweed. Create a monarch haven ...

As millions of monarch butterflies make their way from Canada to Mexico this fall, you’ll have the chance to see some of these spectacular insects along the Alabama coast. Several groups in Baldwin ...

MADISON, Wis. — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking ...

Monarch butterflies are returning to Michigan for the summer after migrating from Mexico. Michiganders can support monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, tracking sightings, and donating to ...

Although it has been in decline, the butterfly is found throughout the United States, which made this a particularly challenging case for the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Every fall, an incredible migration occurs through the state of Indiana, where millions of tiny monarch butterflies fly on their way to overwintering grounds in Mexico, only to return in the spring to ...