A proposal to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act may not be finalized anytime soon, ...
Mayors or community leaders who take the pledge must commit to carrying out at least three of the 30 available actions listed ...
As July sunlight pokes through the trees, a butterfly egg rests gently in Wojciech Poreba’s palm as he sifts through milkweed leaves at Hamlet Park in Cottage Grove. At age 25, Poreba has four years ...
Volunteers plant hundreds of milkweed plants in hopes of supporting the dwindling Western monarch population in California.
You see monarch caterpillars, you see monarch butterflies — but why don't you see a monarch chrysalis? Here's what makes them ...
A pair of multitasking monarch butterflies continue copulation while extracting nectar from swamp milkweed blossoms on Aug. 3 in Quasqueton. The butterflies had been released from a biotent seeded ...
If you have noticed fewer monarch butterflies fluttering around the yard this summer, you're not alone. Several butterfly aficionados recently shared their concerns during a Facebook discussion on ...
When Lorraine Kells first came upon two sprawling Chicago Park District flower beds near Diversey Harbor, she saw weeds and cigarette butts. But eight years later, a dazzling array of wildflowers ...
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - When many people think of a butterfly, they picture the iconic black and orange monarch. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing to get monarch butterflies ...
Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have been living and breeding year-round in California’s Bay Area, thanks in ...
PORT BYRON, Ill. — Kindergarten at Riverdale Elementary School always means one thing: monarch butterflies. It's a longstanding tradition to teach a unit about the winged insect as students learn ...
It's been an unusually hot fall in Texas, and that may explain why the iconic southbound march of the monarch butterfly ...