Monarchs undergo a four-stage life cycle and rely solely on milkweed plants for their egg and caterpillar stages. Monarchs in eastern North America migrate up to 3,000 miles to overwinter in Mexico.

Much has to go right to keep the intricate and precarious life cycle of the monarch butterfly turning. For starters, there is the migration, a six-month process that takes successive generations to ...

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

The Nature Nook at the Children’s room of the library has been such a big hit this month. A live display of the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly was set up by the Long Hill Garden Club in ...

Pop quiz! How do you fine-tune your observational skills; ignite a sense of curiosity, awe and wonder for the nature world; enhance focus and memory in a world of instant gratification; and instill a ...

PACIFIC GROVE — Monarch butterfly numbers are down this year entering prime counting season, but experts aren’t panicking yet. “Butterfly populations are bouncy,” said Isis Howard, an endangered ...