The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It ...

Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

Back by popular demand, the “Sharing the Butterfly Experience” is back this summer, showcasing locally raised live monarch ...

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, pupa ...

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 Species Act.

Adult monarch butterflies are large with bright orange wings, white spots and black veins and boarder. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending federal protections for the species as factors ...

Walton blames the use of herbicides and pesticides for the decline in the monarch butterflies. If cattle eat milkweed, it can ...

Monarch butterflies are the only butterfly species known to make a two-way migration, ... This lifespan is a stark contrast to the usual 2-6 weeks that adult monarchs live.

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed ...