While many circumstances factor into the calculation, researchers found in a new study that local predators, not appearance ...

Monarchs traveled to a remote part of Mexico, a journey they've made for thousands of years, and wintered there. Now tens of millions of the butterflies are on an epic aerial journey back north.

Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some Japanese stilt grass is pushing its way in as well.

Monarch butterfly numbers are declining, but people like Lorene and Robert Miller of Plain City are helping in a major way.

You see monarch caterpillars, you see monarch butterflies — but why don't you see a monarch chrysalis? Here's what makes them tricky to find.

Every year, the World Wildlife Fund Mexico partners with other conservation groups and local citizens to conduct a count of eastern monarch butterflies in their winter home, the Monarch Butterfly ...

Frederick County resident Philip Haines has raised and released 120 monarch butterflies on his farm this year. He takes the ...

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple ...

Why Do Monarch Butterflies Swarm? Monarch butterflies, like other butterfly species and birds, must migrate to warmer climates during the cold winter months. Monarch butterflies are unique because ...