Even from a distance, you can often learn to tell butterflies apart simply by noting their colors and shapes and by watching ...

The monarch butterfly, Danaus Plexippus, is a milkweed butterfly, subfamily Danainae, in the family Nymphalidae. Seen here on ...

Oklahoma experts say planting milkweed, native flowers and maintaining pesticide-free gardens can create vital habitats for ...

The number of monarch butterflies has dropped dramatically in the state of California. If something does not change, they ...

The Native Plant Society describes the butterfly milkweed — known scientifically as Asclepias tuberosa — as native to several counties across Indiana, blooming in the summer and easy to grow from seed ...

The monarch butterfly's long journey from Chicago to Central Mexico has begun. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The monarchs' send off has become an annual celebration for El ...

Want to draw even more butterflies to your milkweed plants? Start by harvesting your own seeds and planting them for endless plants and blooms.

A monarch flies around flowers along the Hudson River in downtown Manhattan.

Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the ...

The iconic butterfly’s population has decreased by around 80 per cent in the past two decades, says the paper published in ...

Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf. Across the Midwest ...

WILLMAR--The monarch butterfly is a welcome summer visitor to Minnesota, but in the past few years the butterfly population has suffered severe setbacks. Weather, lack of habitat in its wintering ...