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Monarch butterfly on a person's finger - Matt Champlin/Getty Images Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have long captivated humans due to their fascinating life cycles and physical characteristics ...

It happens to every nature enthusiast at least once. You spot an orange butterfly with black markings hovering around a pretty flower and say, “Oh, look, it’s a monarch!” Except, on closer inspection, ...

The hospital system announced Monday that its Wildflower Garden Bee & Butterfly Refuge at its Healthy Lifestyle Campus is now ...

MADISON, Wis. — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking ...

Large numbers of monarch butterflies have returned to the Ellwood Monarch Butterfly Grove in Goleta. (Mike Eliason photo) Thousands of monarch butterflies can now be seen in Ellwood Mesa in Goleta as ...

DALLAS — The monarch butterfly isn't just iconic. It's also the state insect of Texas. But experts warn Texans are likely to see fewer of the insect's instantly recognizable orange and black wings ...

We have conducted a number of monarch butterfly and milkweed classes over the last three years. The classes hosted over 450 attendees and distributed 900 milkweed seeded containers to gardeners in the ...

It’s a big day for insects. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it is proposing the monarch butterfly for threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act, a big step ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch Butterfly Count and recorded the second lowest ...

Biologists have attached tiny, solar transmitters to the monarch butterflies, allowing researchers and everyday visitors to ...

A monarch butterfly with a tag on its wing perches on a flower head at Monarch Watch's butterfly tagging event at the Baker Wetlands on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Despite some rain early in the day, ...