Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America ... eliciting a collective sigh of relief from butterfly enthusiasts. Across their range, monarchs are threatened by ...

Monarch butterflies make one of the largest insect migrations in the world, flying around 2,500 miles from the US and Canada to Mexico. During their migration they provide an essential pollination ...

After a stop at spectacular Teotihuacan, we reached the sanctuaries and saw thousands of butterflies draped on the branches and trunks of the trees.

Dramatic recent declines in the size of monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) roosts during fall migration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (43) DOI: 10.1073/pnas ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the ...

(Follow the monarch butterfly on its nearly 3,000-mile journey.) To give the seedlings on Nevado de Toluca the best chance of survival, the team planted the baby trees under "nurse plants ...

Part of the butterflies’ remaining habitat — the fir trees in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán — is slowly shifting upwards as the climate warms. But the firs will ...

With music, food, games, fun and education, the festival celebrates the annual monarch butterfly migration when it’s slated to pass through Norman. However, only one thing was missing — the ...

For a monarch butterfly, the more white spots you have ... assistant researcher at University of Georgia's Odum School of Ecology. Getty Images The more white spots, the better, researchers ...

Renowned for their incredible migration of over 2,200 miles between Canada and Mexico, the monarch butterfly is one of the most recognizable species in the nation—and their journey is currently ...

The migration of the monarch butterfly is one of the wonders of the natural world. Each autumn, a new generation of monarch butterflies is born in the northern United States and southern Canada.