The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in U.S. California this winter, a foreboding sign ...

On Thursday, the Xerces Society released the results of its 28th annual Western Monarch Count, reporting the second lowest overwintering population ever recorded since tracking began in 1997. This ...

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

Thogmartin and other researchers have evaluated more than 200 scenarios for restoring greater than 1.3 billion stems of ...

Scientists say drought conditions significantly reduced crucial resources used for butterfly migration fuel and winter fat ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

You may be aware that Monarch butterflies are endangered. This is due to the loss of habitat and the use of pesticides.

A favorite mystery of nature lovers is the behavior of the showy, black-and-orange Monarch butterflies, which appear to fly south in fall like migratory birds. Many authorities have doubted that ...

Did you know monarch butterflies travel up to 3,000 miles each fall to their wintering ... an organization that's dedicated to bringing the beautiful orange and black butterfly back from the brink of ...

These iconic black-and-orange pollinators show up in just about ... as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. FILE - A monarch butterfly on milkweed in bloom. The monarch population is ...