Mayors or community leaders who take the pledge must commit to carrying out at least three of the 30 available actions listed ...

Volunteers plant hundreds of milkweed plants in hopes of supporting the dwindling Western monarch population in California.

Nearly 90 percent of the monarch butterflies in the Western U.S. spend their winters along the California coastline and the majority of them come here to the Central Coast. Conservationists hope ...

You can support butterflies by doing these things: garden with natives and nectar plants; offer host plants; don’t use ...

More monarch butterfly habitat may be added alongside crops in Iowa and across the nation, thanks to a yearslong Iowa State University research project. North American monarch populations have ...

Want to help a vulnerable insect species? You can. It’s as simple as planting a specific plant in a patio pot or a backyard garden. For those interested, you can learn how to create a monarch ...

If you’ve admired the delicate beauty of monarch butterflies, you’ve likely also heard about the plight of the Western monarch (Danaus plexippus). The pollinator’s population has plummeted more than ...

“The most iconic place to see monarchs here in Santa Barbara County is the Goleta Butterfly Grove in Elwood Mesa,” Cusser said. “On a good year, you can see hundreds, even thousands, of these ...

AMES, Iowa — Enhancing the monarch butterfly’s habitat in rural and urban Iowa is the goal of a new, broad-based statewide effort. The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, established through the ...

A monarch butterfly at the Coastal Access Monarch Butterfly Preserve in Los Osos, Calif., on Jan. 20. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined ...

It’s been a rough year for the migratory monarch butterfly. The colder spring in the upper Midwest negatively impacted population numbers and the butterfly was classified as endangered by the ...