A migration journey of a thousand miles (or more) starts with lots of monarch butterfly flowers. Grow these nectar flowers ...

Scientists estimate the population size by measuring the area of trees turned orange by the clustering butterflies. The annual count is conducted by Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected ...

Discover the rich butterfly biodiversity of the Eastern Ghats and Visakhapatnam in a groundbreaking study by Indian ...

The eastern monarch population is made up the butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains and accounts for roughly 99% of all North American monarchs. They migrate each winter to oyamel fir forests on ...

In the spring, these butterflies begin an 8 month migration that takes them all the way to Eastern Canada and back, during which time four successive generations are born and die. How they find their ...

Tours of the grasslands at Fort Indiantown Gap, home to the only population of the rare Regal Fritillary butterfly in the eastern United States, are set for four days in July. To catch a glimpse of ...

An eastern monarch butterfly taking a short rest. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for ...

The World Wildlife Fund estimates a drop of 59% in the eastern population this year. There is also a western monarch population. Butterflies that breed west of the Rockies travel to wintering ...

"How do you say that the monarch butterfly is going extinct in the winter ... to date of the health of the monarch fall migration in eastern North America. The researchers found that the timing ...

This happens twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, when butterflies travel from the eastern half of the U.S. to Mexico during the winter months. “Texas is an important state in monarch ...