Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some Japanese stilt grass is pushing its way in as well. We use neighbor John and ...

Photo Caption: This is one of a dozen winter monarch butterflies that were raised from larvae found by Bob Pish shortly before Christmas. Photograph by Bob Pish. During the 12 years this column has ...

Every Monday in August, Heidi Emmons is leading a group of citizen scientists into fields containing milkweed to count monarch caterpillars and eggs. The goal is to learn more about how monarch ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - When many people think of a butterfly, they picture the iconic black and orange monarch. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing to get monarch butterflies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity." Monarch butterflies undergo a complete ...

Did you know that Disney is leading the collection of research on monarch butterfly migration patterns and feeding behaviors? We got a behind-the-scenes look at how this is done and how guests can get ...

Shelley Ramey raises monarch butterflies in her backyard to help boost their dwindling population. Monarch butterflies face threats from habitat loss and climate change, making conservation efforts ...

AMES, Iowa — Enhancing the monarch butterfly’s habitat in rural and urban Iowa is the goal of a new, broad-based statewide effort. The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, established through the ...

Monarch butterflies enjoy the Salvia Leucantha, or Mexican Bush Sage, at the Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine in this October photo. If you see a monarch butterfly in your Wichita yard, you might ...

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 ...