The caterpillar crawls away from the milkweed plant in search of a safe spot to begin the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly ...

Monarchs are usually seen in Michigan from late spring to early fall.

Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their ...

By any measure, the revival of the bald eagle stands as one of the great environmental triumphs in conservation history. In ...

This article offers essential guidance from Davidson College Professor Scott Villa for Carolina gardeners looking to support monarch butterflies. Native milkweed varieties like swamp milkweed ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about one of Earth's fascinating flyers in Michigan.

The plight of the monarch butterfly could cost farmers a valuable tool in the fight to protect crops from weeds and pests. An effort is underway to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under ...

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 ...

While milkweed is the preferred host plant for monarchs in their early stage of development ... to expand local habitats where migrating monarch butterflies can thrive and reproduce before ...