The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation announced Friday that it counted just 9,119 monarchs in 2024, a decrease of ...

The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae ...

Its stunning wings are bright orange-red and deep black veins run through them. The white spots along the edges bring the ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold ... wings ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold ... wings ...

It was there that they found what they were looking for: millions of orange-and-black butterflies covering ... of North America’s eastern monarch butterfly population to its mysterious terminus.

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 ...