The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar ...

The plight of the monarch butterfly could cost farmers a valuable tool in the fight to protect crops from weeds and pests. An ...

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

Monarch butterflies typically live from two to six weeks, with the exception of the last generation of the year (meaning butterflies that complete the life cycle and survive to see winter ...

Due to its migratory nature, the maintenance of the overwintering phenomenon also requires attention to the conservation of the monarch butterfly by those countries through which it travels during its ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add the butterfly to the threatened species list by the end of next year ...

In a turn of events, the eastern monarch butterfly population — which was put on the list of endangered species just a few years ago — nearly doubled this year, according to a March report ...