This video depicts a tethered monarch butterfly in the flight simulator ... it quickly corrects its bearing to continue on a migratory flight path. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Monarch butterflies have an innate ability to navigate long distances ... Their internal clock also helps them adjust their ...

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 chrysalises and ...

Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. have dropped to just 9,119 this year. In 2023, the count was 233,394, meaning a 96% decline.

Much of California’s Habitat for the migratory Monarch butterfly is gone. Wild fires have decimated groves of trees and plants where the Western Monarch winters. The typical flight plan of the Monarch ...