It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It’s also hard to believe that the life cycle of this incredibly colorful ...

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

Monarch butterflies need help, and a little bit of milkweed goes a long way Date: August 6, 2024 Source: Field Museum Summary: Researchers and community scientists monitored urban milkweed plants for ...

Every Monday in August, Heidi Emmons is leading a group of citizen scientists into fields containing milkweed to count monarch caterpillars and eggs. The goal is to learn more about how monarch ...

An expert has confirmed what backyard gardeners and amateur naturalists have been saying for weeks: There are fewer monarch butterflies in Illinois this summer. At the national Monarch Larva ...