The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from tiny ...

Monarch butterflies need their wings to fly to get food (nectar) and to escape predators. An injured monarch butterfly was taken to Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, Long Island, when it had lost ...

Monarch butterflies have multiple generations in a year, including the final one, which migrates south to wintering grounds ...

Q. We have a number of monarchs in our landscape. They are spending a lot of time on the coreopsis wildflowers in the lawn ...

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ATLANTA — If you have great vision, love the outdoors, and an appreciation for butterflies, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has a job for you. DNR needs the public's help in reporting ...

Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds, nobody knew where these strikingly beautiful creatures ...

In a turn of events, the eastern monarch butterfly population — which was put on the list of endangered species just a few years ago — nearly doubled this year, according to a March report from the ...

A daring surgical procedure has given a doomed monarch butterfly a new lease of life. The delicate operation was captured on film, and you can see it for yourself in this extraordinary Instagram post.