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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 and conspicuous, with bright orange wings surrounded by a black border and covered with black veins," an FWS description reads.

Unlike the flashy orange and black warning colors of an adult monarch butterfly, the adult milkweed tussock moth has wings of a muted gray but does retain some yellow and black striping on its ...

The population of the monarch butterfly — the official state insect of Texas — is continuing to decline. ... You can submit your observations of adult monarchs, eggs, or larvae to JourneyNorth.

Monarch butterflies, known for a jaw-dropping fall migration of up to 3,000 miles, ... But adult butterflies, when they first emerge from the hard protective covering called a chrysalis, ...

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.