Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have ...

Monarch butterflies migrate because they do not ‘overwinter’—the process of living through the winter—in cold climates. Therefore, monarchs migrate from the north to southern California ...

Monarch Magic ageratum is a new plant for spring 2025 that will be available at garden centers this year. The flowers are a ...

In an honest conversation, you’ll hear an underscoring appreciation for pike, meadowlarks and monarch butterflies. Who doesn’t love the fight of a northern, or the sound a meadowlark makes ...

Monarch butterflies are returning to Michigan for the summer after migrating from Mexico. Michiganders can support monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, tracking sightings, and donating to ...

Some eastern monarch butterflies will travel for nearly 3,000 miles to make it to Mexico in the winter. Scientists have discovered that monarchs have an internal compass including the time of day ...

But loss of summer milkweed habitat, of which caterpillars are 100 percent reliant, continues to be the most significant cause of monarch butterfly population declines. That’s where you come in.

The northward monarch butterfly migration took weeks of flapping wings and several generations to reach the Great Lakes region. Monarch butterflies winter over in Mexico and then make their way ...

The Surprise, by Auckland photographer Deborah Kelland, whose images documenting the migration of monarch butterflies features in the Auckland Festival of Photography this month. High up on a ...

These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by Quentin Nardi Text by ...