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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...

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.

More than a dozen volunteers planted 850 milkweeds throughout the Spring Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday as part of a ...