Key Points Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies can lay their eggs on and feed from as caterpillars.Other ...

A Minnesota solar site saw monarch butterflies and many native plant species return after flowers were planted under its ...

If you love attracting hummingbirds, you'll want to keep them safe. Find out which hummingbird predators to watch out for.

There is something almost unbelievable about a creature that weighs less than a gram navigating thousands of miles across an entire continent, finding its way to forests it has never visited before, ...

The California Multi-Agency Monarch and Pollinator Collaborative has published a report detailing priority conservation actions and research needs for the western monarch butterfly, capping a ...

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.

The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is celebrated for its extraordinary multigenerational migration spanning from North America’s breeding grounds to overwintering sites in central Mexico and ...

Monarch butterflies have been sighted in Michigan after flying thousands of miles from central Mexico and southern U.S. states. Four monarchs were sighted in the southern Lower Peninsula, according to ...

DEAR JOAN: I am so confused about milkweed plants. A few years ago I read that the non-native plants, which we may have, are safe for monarchs if you prune way back well before spring starts, like ...

The first monarch butterfly undertaking the species' annual northern migration, has made it to Michigan. That's according to the Journey North Program, which said the first reported sighting in the ...

Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change have taken their toll on the beloved insects. But the experts working with them still find hope for their future Western monarch butterflies bask in the sun ...