Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...

It takes 10 days to two weeks for a monarch to transform from a pupating caterpillar to an adult. “I fell in love with monarchs when I found a chrysalis and watched this butterfly slowly emerge ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. have dropped to just 9,119 this year. In 2023, the count was 233,394, meaning a 96% decline.

Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love. Flowers have long been symbolic of that special connection between people.

Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds, nobody knew where these strikingly beautiful creatures ...

February is a month filled with love, reflection, and community spirit. While it brings Valentine’s Day celebrations, it also ...

This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

The number of monarch butterflies in California is in sharp decline this year. This is the second-lowest population recording ...

Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...