Its stunning wings are bright orange-red and deep black veins run through them. The white spots along the edges bring the ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate ...

Residents who want to attract monarch butterflies in their yard and give ... the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List as a vulnerable species. Jordan said urban development ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate ...

The number of monarch butterflies in California is in sharp decline this year, and biologists say record-high late summer temperatures and drought in the west likely contributed to the dropoff.

VERNON — Vernon is an entry point for monarch butterflies migrating north from their wintering grounds in Mexico. In June, a group of nature lovers got together on the back deck of Vermont Woods ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from ...

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 ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year. Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctive orange-and-black wings ...