One of the most recognizable and widely dispersed insects in North America may soon be headed for protections under the Endangered Species Act. In early December, federal wildlife officials will ...

There's nothing quite like seeing a monarch butterfly spread its wings and glide through the air. It can certainly provide a sense of calm to life's everyday stressors. But the monarchs' numbers have ...

All across the Midwest and Eastern United States, people have been planting native milkweed and plants with nectar like asters and goldenrod to help support the monarch butterfly’s magical migration ...

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 ...

A monarch on a maximilian sunflower in the Todd Waterfowl Production Area in the Kulm Wetland Management District. (USFWS photo) A proposal to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the ...

With a deft move of his net, 12-year-old Bear Graf, of Middle Island, captured an energetic male monarch butterfly, distinguishable by the two dark marks on his hind wings. He delivered him to the ...

As countless monarch butterflies make their way through Illinois toward their wintertime destination in Mexico, some became the center of attention in Palos Heights last weekend during its annual ...