A migration journey of a thousand miles (or more) starts with lots of monarch butterfly flowers. Grow these nectar flowers ...

The monarch butterfly -- one of the most widely recognized and widely dispersed insects in North America -- is in trouble. Federal wildlife officials will soon decide whether it deserves protections ...

This is looking to be the second-lowest year that I have seen in my entire lifetime,” one State Parks employee said.

Millions of monarch butterflies embark on an incredible 4800 km journey from North America to central Mexico each year, ...

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. The decline of the monarch butterfly population has spawned a conservation effort to bring the species back from the brink ...

The official state butterfly since 2000, monarch butterflies are facing a major ecological threat, according to experts. Local, Western populations of monarchs have declined by around 30% compared to ...

Admiring Monarch butterflies during the Fall in Texas should be easy to do. The butterflies are in the fall migration – leaving the northern United States and Canada and flying south to Mexico.

THE SPECIES THRIVE. AMONG THE MARIGOLDS AND SUGAR SKULLS ADORNING DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ALTARS, YOU MAY ALSO SEE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. LA MIGRATION DE LAS MARIPOSAS COINCIDEN CON LAS FESTIVIDADES DE ...

That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed plants to survive and it’s her mission to help the pollinator species proliferate in Michigan. The state is considered a migratory ...

The painted lady butterfly—or Vanessa cardui—is a traveler like no other. At the onset of spring, this tenacious little butterfly sets out on a journey that defies all odds. By the end of the ...

The planting of non-native milkweeds along the migration path has resulted in the rise of a parasite called Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE), which infects and debilitates monarch butterflies.

The area is not preparing for Halloween decorations but rather referring to the monarch butterfly migration. This happens twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, when butterflies travel from ...