The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico. Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys ...

Monarch butterflies migrate to California each fall to escape cold weather and cluster in coastal groves from October to February. Key viewing spots include Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz, Pismo State ...

A monarch on a maximilian sunflower in the Todd Waterfowl Production Area in the Kulm Wetland Management District. (USFWS photo) A proposal to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the ...

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The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...

The flapping wings of millions of monarch butterflies at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico, create a fluttering sound that Alfonso Alonso describes as “magical.” The ...

PACIFIC GROVE — Longtime residents love to regale Natalie Johnston about the days when they had to sweep piles of western monarch butterflies off their front porches. They tell tales of teeming ...

If you see a monarch butterfly in your Wichita yard, you might want to take an extra long look, because this may be the last month of the year you’ll see them flying around your garden. The monarch ...

A member of the Missouri Department of Conservation spotted an animal in Kansas City that’s usually seen 4,000 miles away. . The department said in a social media post that assistant natural history ...

MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri Department of Conservation official recently spotted a ghostly variation of a Monarch butterfly in the state. Natural History Biologist Amanda Gehin saw an extremely rare ...

An injured monarch butterfly was given a second chance at life after undergoing a delicate wing transplant at a Long Island wildlife rehabilitation center. Since the Sweetbriar Nature Center shared ...