Seven-year-old Isabelle Abernethy looked up adoringly at a large Monarch butterfly character as she showed off her own wings ...

Butterflies, along with bees, birds and other insects are shown to be responsible for one out of every three bites of food we ...

Picture a butterfly. Go ahead, I’ll wait. You likely pictured a striking butterfly with electric orange and black wings and ...

The monarch butterfly is known by scientists as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means "sleepy transformation." The name evokes the species' ability to hibernate and metamorphize. Adult ...

Once a chemical storage area, Olathe’s Pollinator Prairie has since been reclaimed as an ecological habitat hosting hundreds ...

Out of 150 species of butterflies, monarchs are the most beloved, but what does the future hold for our friendly fliers?

UGA said that a big question when discussing the monarch butterfly is, why are the wintering populations declining while breeding populations are stable? The study published by the Proceedings of ...

“When the sun comes out they fly around, and their wings sound ... different needs than monarch butterflies, but habitat loss ...

In reality, the butterfly will fly much ... that accompanies this column. That monarch had just emerged from its chrysalis and was still drying its wings, prepping for the long flight ahead.

(Follow the monarch butterfly on its nearly 3,000-mile journey.) To give the seedlings on Nevado de Toluca the best chance of survival, the team planted the baby trees under "nurse plants ...