In July 2022, the IUCN added the monarch butterfly to its list as Endangered. The North American migratory population, which makes its way from as far north as Canada to Mexico each winter, is ...

Monarch butterflies need their wings to fly to get food (nectar) and to escape predators. An injured monarch butterfly was taken to Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, Long Island, when it had lost ...

Claudia Galeno-Sánchez has turned her garden into a sanctuary for the insects by planting native milkweed and wildflowers ...

Learn how creating pollinator habitats helps support conservation efforts. Syngenta partners with Monarch Joint Venture to support efforts to protect and enhance pollinator habitat across North ...

A monarch butterfly is ready to emerge from its chrysalis in the Kalispell garden of one of landscaper Kathy Ross' clients last August. (Photo by Kathy Ross) A monarch butterfly caterpillar, about two ...

Spring has returned, and with it a glimmer of hope for one of North America’s favorite little creatures to spot fluttering in their gardens: the monarch butterfly. Despite a long-term downward trend ...

Every autumn, one of nature’s most extraordinary journeys begins with a creature weighing less than even a gram! Millions of monarch butterflies, light as a feather, take to the skies across North ...

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...

Tracking the butterfly migration also allows researchers to identify what pathways they take so they can focus on conservation efforts in those areas.