Monarchs traveled to a remote part of Mexico, a journey they've made for thousands of years, and wintered there. Now tens of millions of the butterflies are on an epic aerial journey back north.

The annual migration of monarch butterflies is one of science's great mysteries: millions of monarchs know the correct path ...

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Leaning over a picnic table at the south shelter at Island Park in Mt. Pleasant Tuesday, Korralynn Mumma explained to Betsy ...

Jessica Mathews / [email protected] The City of Howell is gearing up for its annual Arbor Day celebration but also taking action ...

The plight of the monarch butterfly could cost farmers a valuable tool in the fight to protect crops from weeds and pests. An ...

Commissioner Sid Miller, Department of Agriculture report double increase in Mexico monarch butterfly population after 2024 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it is reopening the public comment period for a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered ...

The migratory monarch butterfly has a lifespan of two to six weeks, though the butterflies born at the end of the summer live eight to nine months in order to make the journey south and spend the ...

The monarch butterfly population has declined in recent decades, leading to a proposed listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. People can help monarch butterflies by planting ...

In 2022, the WWF reported the eastern migratory monarch butterfly population has decreased by more than 80% over the last three decades. UGA research scientist Andy Davis said in an October ...