The western monarch butterfly has experienced a 95% dip in population since the 1980s.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, citing loss of habitat to development, logging and use of herbicides. Since the ...

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

"I am proud that Rochester remains dedicated to environmental stewardship." ...

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

When making the 150-mile trip along California's Central Coast, even monarch butterflies need a rest stop. That's what the city of Atascadero thought when it started construction on its new nearly one ...

Want to help a vulnerable insect species? You can. It’s as simple as planting a specific plant in a patio pot or a backyard garden. For those interested, you can learn how to create a monarch ...

More than a dozen volunteers planted 850 milkweeds throughout the Spring Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday as part of a budding monarch butterfly habitat conservation project. Through a grant from ...

Providing habitat for monarchs is the biggest way to support monarch butterfly populations, said Emilie Snell-Rood, a University of Minnesota professor who studies them. A monarch butterfly glides in ...

Coalition of 50+ orgs call for big-name food retailers to act before annual monarch migration Letters went out to a massive list of grocery retailers, including Kroger, Albertsons, ALDI, Food Lion, ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...

On a piercingly sunny morning in mid-June, there was a dizzying amount of activity in the front garden of a home in San Diego’s College Area, owned by a woman named Sara. But you had to look closely ...