Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient. Every fall, these delicate orange-and-black travelers set out on a journey so improbable it borders on myth, flying some three thousand ...

In a new study, University of Georgia scientists found hotter temperatures make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to ...

Monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered.

If you had canoed down Putah Creek in 2000, it would have felt “like canoeing through a landfill,” said Rich Marovich, the ...

Our end of 2025 Humanist Society hike was at Ellwood in Goleta, including the Butterfly Grove. We had little expectation of ...

Last week, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that a city bylaw requiring homeowners to remove nuisance weeds and keep grass ...

Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue ...

While I suspect the majority of people here in Texas have seen a monarch butterfly, most probably don’t know that they make one of the most amazing migrations on the planet. Monarchs, known for their ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way. The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals.

Monarch butterflies from the western United States have arrived in Santa Cruz and other parts of the California coast, clumping on branches of Monterey pine, coastal redwoods and eucalyptus, where ...

New tech is allowing researchers to monitor California’s monarch butterflies as the species faces a dangerous decline in population. The backstory: Estimates suggest the monarch butterfly population ...

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