When a wounded monarch butterfly arrived at a Long Island wildlife center this summer, its chances of survival looked grim.

The iconic orange and black pollinators are making their annual trip to overwintering sites in Mexico, stopping to recharge ...

The wing was in perfect shape," said Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at the Sweetbriar Nature Center ...

New York City veterinarians performed a wing transplant procedure on a monarch butterfly in a video that's since gone viral.

MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri Department of Conservation official recently spotted a ghostly variation of a Monarch butterfly in ...

A monarch butterfly with a broken wing was miraculously able to fly again after it underwent a wing transplant at a nature ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate change ...

In early fall, the butterflies assemble by the dozens or hundreds on the South Shore before a journey of several weeks to ...

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This is an updated version of a story first published on April 20, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. Earlier this year we reported on one of the most remarkable and mysterious migrations in ...

Monarch butterflies are returning to Michigan for the summer after migrating from Mexico. Michiganders can support monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, tracking sightings, and donating to ...

Every year, countless monarch butterflies take part in an annual migration. They fly across the United States into ...