Learn facts about the monarch butterfly, including how how to tell male and female monarchs apart and if monarchs are ...

Monarch butterflies migrate with the sole purpose of avoiding the winter cold. Monarch butterflies migrate because they do not ‘overwinter’—the process of living through the winter—in cold climates.

Early this beautiful summer morning I went swimming in my Condominium Complex's lovely pool. I do this as often as I can and love the fact that I'm alone in the pool, despite the fact that I have been ...

Late last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced rule changes that would impact habitats and listing or delisting ...

Most of us would undoubtedly picture a monarch if asked to imagine a butterfly, recognized by their vivid orange wings veined with black and known for their incredibly long migration patterns. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's about that time of year for Oklahomans to spot monarch butterflies, the orange-and-black-winged insect known for their ...

The monarch butterfly is Illinois' state insect and has held that distinction for 50 years — having been suggested for the honor by third grade classes in Decatur in 1975. But the butterfly is also in ...

Scientists and volunteers explain where to go, when to visit, and how to support this beautiful species. Monarch butterflies migrate to California each fall to escape cold weather and cluster in ...

Monarch butterflies that hatch in the spring and early summer live fast and die young at only two to six weeks. But those ...

Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds, nobody knew where these strikingly beautiful creatures ...