Learn which monarch butterfly predators and parasites pose a real threat to their survival, and which are part of the natural ...

For an entire season, Emily Carter transformed a small corner of her backyard into a safe place for monarch butterflies.

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have long been known for their impressive migration abilities, with North American species traveling around 3,000 miles from the United States and Canada into ...

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 ...

The term “monarch” refers to royalty, or king, and it’s hard to argue with which Pennsylvania butterfly wears that crown.

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...

The United States is moving to grant federal protection to the monarch butterfly—a once-common species recognizable by its striking black and orange patterns that has faced a dramatic population ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of monarch butterflies in California is in sharp decline this year, and biologists say record-high late summer ...