MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in ...

The monarch butterfly could be in danger of extinction, but the federal government is proposing new protections to help the species continue to survive.

The vibrant orange hues found in nature symbolize energy, warmth, and beauty. From exotic marine life to rare mammals, these ...

Monarch's multigenerational migration is legendary — a journey of up to 3,000 miles from Mexico to Canada, undertaken by animals weighing less than a gram ... flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per ...

Monarch's multigenerational migration is legendary — a journey of up to 3,000 miles from Mexico to Canada, undertaken by animals weighing less than a gram ... flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per ...

Animals all around the world move from place to place each year in discovery of warmer weather, greater access to food, to ...

Citizen scientists are called on to help with tagging monarch butterflies and find out why their numbers are dropping.

These are the animals with the longest migrations. In the Yukon, Porcupine caribou travel 3,000 miles. This is the longest migration by land of any mammal on Earth. Monarch butterflies fly about ...

Monarch butterflies make one of the largest insect migrations in the world, flying around 2,500 miles from the US and Canada to Mexico. During their migration they provide an essential pollination ...

Animal migration has fascinated humans for ... Perhaps the best-known insect migrant is the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) (Figure 3a). At the end of every summer, more than 100 million ...

“The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North America ... The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), which works globally to conserve migratory ...