Prior research has shown that monarch caterpillars have developed a way to eat milkweed leaves despite ... in which they metamorphose into a butterfly. For this new study, the researchers watched ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in ...

February is a month filled with love, reflection, and community spirit. While it brings Valentine’s Day celebrations, it also ...

Explore the worrying decline of Monarch butterflies in Texas and the implications for pollination and food production. Learn why preserving these butterflies is vital for a sustainable ecosystem.

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl ... The caterpillars exclusively eat milkweed. Try showy, common or swamp milkweed and butterfly weed. Soon it outgrows its skin, which ...

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly ... Monarch caterpillars eat 200 times their weight in milkweed and can devour a ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly ... extreme weather conditions in the butterfly's migratory range (central Mexico, United States, and southern ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year ...

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly ... Monarch caterpillars eat 200 times their weight in milkweed and can devour a ...