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

As their name suggests, many milkweed species produce a milky-white substance that can be seen if their stem is broken.

Planting milkweed is one of the easiest ways to support monarch butterfly populations, but this slip-up could actually cause ...

As this butterfly lands, the wings are clasped together to reveal the under wings, which are yellow-orange in coloration, rather than being dark orange like the upper wings.

One man’s open jacket revealed a bright orange-and-yellow butterfly — the color nearly identical to his dyed hair. Real laminated Lepidoptera wings dangled from a woman’s ears.

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

Jose Luis Alvarez, co-founder of Forests for Monarchs, and Martha Askins, a retired lawyer, discuss the beauty of the monarch butterfly, and conservation efforts to save them.

The monarch butterfly migration is one of the most awe-inspiring natural wonders on Earth. Each year, millions of these ...

Migratory monarch butterflies, which travel more than 2,000 miles each year, are in danger of extinction, researchers and scientists warn. The International Union for the […] ...

All the Monarch butterfly actors and props were on the stage: A grassy meadow, red, yellow and blue pollinator flowers, ample milkweed and a soft, Southern Indiana evening.

Waystation certification Monarch butterfly waystations enlisted by the Westmoreland Pollinator Partners group are certified through the nonprofit Monarch Watch program. Waystation participants ...

In this Nov. 7, 2005 file photo, monarch butterflies roost at the “butterfly grove” in Pacific Grove, Calif. (Vern Fisher/ Monterey County Herald via AP, File) ...