The "Friends of the Monarch Trail" are inviting the community to come out and cheer on the monarch butterflies, as they start their migration to Mexico. On Sat., Aug, 23, the ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is encouraging wildlife enthusiasts to help Monarch butterflies ...

Monarch butterflies rely on milkweed plants to survive. To help out your local pollinators, consider these free and low-cost ways to get your hands on seeds.

Monarch butterflies will be migrating into the region this autumn and there are some flower species you can plant to prepare ...

The monarch grows inside an egg for three to four days, lives as a caterpillar for about two weeks, and then inside the chrysalis (pupa) for about 10 days before setting off on its short but ...

A few weeks ago at The Hague School, environmental biology and chemistry teacher Karen Spencer, along with a crew of parents, ...

They offer both milkweed for monarch caterpillars as well as nectar plants for adult butterflies (and many other pollinators, too). Today, more than 90% of native grasslands have been converted to ...

Monarch butterfly caterpillars and milkweed pesticides research at an entomology lab on May 21, 2021.

Turns out, monarch butterflies are also feeling the impact on their food sources, a biologist says. The lack of food will ...

In the last 15 years, the monarch butterfly populations in North America have dwindled to "alarmingly low" levels, University of Guelph associate professor and ecologist Ryan Norris. He was part of a ...

Extreme heat and dry weather is killing off food sources for monarch butterflies, an expert warns. The lack of food will make ...