Every fall, volunteers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park capture monarch butterflies, attach a tag to their wings and release them to track their migration.

Butterfly Pavilion staff said that the migratory monarch’s numbers have declined almost 80% in the past couple of decades.

Habits of the monarch butterfly (danaus plexippus) migration are renowned for their remarkable patterns across North America. They are easily recognizable by their orange wings laced with black lines ...

After Tradepoint Atlantic ditched its plan to place new dredge material on Hart-Miller, the island’s next chapter is a ...

The headless horseman is out and headless butterflies are in. An Oklahoma City Zoo scientist is studying the headless butterfly phenomenon. In a paper publi ...

The Monarch Butterflies thrive in prairies and grassy areas with abundant milkweed and flowers. With the lack of these habitats, the monarch and other pollinators, such as bees, have declined. The ...

A recent study from a scientist at the Oklahoma City Zoo is investigating the "Marie Antoinette" phenomenon in Monarch ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are ...

Anne Koplik’s newest collection is designed to raise awareness and funds to help protect the monarch butterfly population.

Milkweed is no longer considered a “noxious weed” in Michigan, a monarch butterfly migration superhighway through the Great ...

On the slopes of a volcano in central Mexico, biologist Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero and his team envision a climate refuge for oyamel fir trees and the monarch butterflies that depend on them.

Farmers are increasingly contributing to the conservation of monarch butterflies through initiatives such as Farmers for Monarchs, helping to ...