Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monarch butterfly on a person's finger - Matt Champlin/Getty Images Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have long captivated ...

Learn facts about the monarch butterfly, including how how to tell male and female monarchs apart and if monarchs are ...

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 ...

Monarch butterfly migration is a long journey. Learn how these amazing butterflies make the trip, where monarchs migrate to and why.

Arkansas is a great place to spot monarch butterflies as it falls directly in their migration path! While monarch butterflies travel through Arkansas in both the spring (late March to April) and the ...

The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...

With a 90% decline in the monarch butterfly population in just the last few decades, Hillsborough Township is doing their part in efforts to essentially “save the monarch butterfly.” Hillsborough ...

Monarch butterflies are amazing insects of North America with a unique two-way migration. These butterflies are famous for their beautiful orange color. Watching them in nature, especially when they ...

Fall is in the air, and this year’s monarch “super generation” is on the move. The first sightings of monarch butterfly roosts have been reported, signaling that the annual fall migration is underway.

The monarch butterfly is iconic in North America — but in Montana, it is a rare sight. That’s why when landscaper Kathy Ross ...

Professor Elizabeth Crone, Department of Evolution and Ecology, checks a non-native milkweed in the San Francisco Bay Area for monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Known for long-distance ...