All across the Midwest and Eastern United States, people have been planting native milkweed and plants with nectar like asters and goldenrod to help support the monarch butterfly’s magical migration ...

There's nothing quite like seeing a monarch butterfly spread its wings and glide through the air. It can certainly provide a sense of calm to life's everyday stressors. But the monarchs' numbers have ...

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 ...

Monarch butterflies are one symbol of immigrants, their seasonal migration likened to the journey of so many around the world. But the colorful harbinger of hope is facing a crisis itself. The final ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Mary Ann Steeb loves her garden. “We just like to take care of the yard and the flowers and so we love the butterflies,” she said. Every day, she tends to her plants and carefully ...

As countless monarch butterflies make their way through Illinois toward their wintertime destination in Mexico, some became the center of attention in Palos Heights last weekend during its annual ...

With a deft move of his net, 12-year-old Bear Graf, of Middle Island, captured an energetic male monarch butterfly, distinguishable by the two dark marks on his hind wings. He delivered him to the ...

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 ...