Monarch butterflies undertake a migration journey spanning 3,000 miles. That journey mirrors many migrants' experiences, ...

A kaleidoscope of orange-and-yellow monarch butterflies soon will return to Michigan as they finish their overwintering in Mexico and Central America and begin fluttering home to breed. "Monarchs have ...

Monarch butterflies have begun fluttering across Michigan after a migration that began in Mexico. The brightly colored insects have been reported in southeast Michigan, migration watchers say.

The Monarch butterfly migration across Texas is one of North America’s most extraordinary natural events. Each year, millions ...

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 ...

For a naturalist, living in Texas definitely has its share of fringe benefits. The diversity of the flora and fauna that can be observed here is nothing short of amazing. One of the amazing feats of ...

The northward monarch butterfly migration took weeks of flapping wings and several generations to reach the Great Lakes region. Monarch butterflies winter over in Mexico and then make their way north ...

After dire numbers were posted in 2020, the endangered western monarch butterfly population comeback continued last year, but experts fear the current rally may be cut short by this past winter’s long ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate change ...

Editor’s note: The Wild is all about featuring a variety of exciting voices from SoCal’s outdoors scene. For the next several weeks, that voice will belong to Times staff writer Lila Seidman. A native ...

A broken wing almost ended a monarch butterfly's journey on Long Island, but a caring hand and a clever idea gave it a second chance to fly again. At the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, experts ...