Monarch butterflies are a keystone species, meaning they play a massive role in their native ecosystems. Think you know everything about butterflies? Think again. Here are five facts about the monarch ...

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (CBS) — Monarch butterflies are not on the endangered species just yet, but climate change, the use of ...

It seems weird that not long ago I didn’t even know what milkweed was, or that it's the host plant of monarch butterflies. In fact, it’s the only host plant, making it extremely important ...

Jaxson Schrupp released over 200 monarch butterflies this summer that he raised from eggs and baby caterpillars at his family's home.

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 ...

(WBOY) — Although West Virginia is not considered a hotspot on the migration path for its state insect, there are some ways West Virginians can help monarch butterflies on their annual journey ...

SAPPHIRE— Gorges State Park in Transylvania County will host the third annual Mountain Monarch Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the park visitor center. The festival celebrates ...

It provides the nourishment the monarch needs to transform into an adult butterfly. Without it, the monarch cannot complete its life cycle and their populations decline. With 2024 being a ...

Plant it and they will come, they said. I said it myself: “Plant milkweed and the monarch butterflies will come.” They always did until this year. Even coming off 2023’s all-time second ...

The Fargo Park District, Audubon Great Plains, North Dakota State University, and United Prairie Foundation hosted a monarch butterfly tagging event at Urban Plains Park. They armed some of their ...

The second grader has spent several weeks raising and releasing monarch butterflies. Eight-year-old Jaxon Schrupp is quite the connoisseur of the chrysalis. "The fat ones are in these three pens ...