Every year, the World Wildlife Fund Mexico partners with other conservation groups and local citizens to conduct a count of eastern monarch butterflies in their winter home, the Monarch Butterfly ...

Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some Japanese stilt grass is pushing its way in as well. We use neighbor John and ...

Monarch butterfly on a person's finger - Matt Champlin/Getty Images Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have long captivated humans due to their fascinating life cycles and physical characteristics ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

An international collaboration to track individual monarchs kicked off this fall, including James Madison University.

They’re a brilliant orange sight by the millions as the season changes and we’re not talking about the leaves. This week is all about monarch butterflies. * The story goes that the “monarch” part ...

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple ...

Their multi-month and multigenerational migration north of about 3,000 miles begins in February or March. Each monarch lives only between two and six weeks. During migration, the female monarch mates, ...