Conservationists are concerned that western monarch butterflies may be teetering on the brink of collapse as the latest Western Monarch Count reveals a devastating decline. The 28th annual survey, ...

About a week ago, several monarch caterpillars were busily munching on the native narrowleaf milkweed I’d planted in my backyard in the San Francisco Bay Area to provide habitat for the imperiled ...

Monarch butterfly populations in North America have been in dramatic decline for several decades. But in a glimmer of hope for the iconic orange-and-black species, the 2025 population estimate was ...

Every November, volunteers fan out along the California coast to count western monarch butterflies clustered in eucalyptus ...

Western monarch butterflies at Natural Bridges State Beach, California, one of the top four overwintering sites for the species. (Photo courtesy of California State Parks Foundation) The Western ...

Arkansas is a great place to spot monarch butterflies as it falls directly in their migration path! While monarch butterflies travel through Arkansas in both the spring (late March to April) and the ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on the alarming decline of western monarch butterflies in California, with efforts underway to ...

A monarch butterfly is ready to emerge from its chrysalis in the Kalispell garden of one of landscaper Kathy Ross' clients last August. (Photo by Kathy Ross) A monarch butterfly caterpillar, about two ...

Every fall, an incredible migration occurs through the state of Indiana, where millions of tiny monarch butterflies fly on their way to overwintering grounds in Mexico, only to return in the spring to ...

It’s not very often that everyday citizens get to help researchers solve a scientific mystery. But that’s exactly what the people behind Project Monarch are asking you to do. The goal of the project ...

SANTA CRUZ — Conservationists are concerned that western monarch butterflies may be teetering on the brink of collapse as the latest Western Monarch Count reveals a devastating decline. The 28th ...