The widespread use of pesticides, such as Roundup, has killed off milkweed plants, a crucial food source for monarchs.

Most pollinators work under our radar and are easily overlooked when a garden receives the admiring human gaze. A closer look into the flower of a plant in bloom may reveal a small invertebrate ...

Say the word “butterfly,” and the iconic orange and black of the monarch may immediately spring to mind. But they are becoming a rarer and rarer sight in nature.

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Learning in the field was definitely the goal for two northwest Ohio science teachers who went on a field ...

Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley has signed the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge, officially committing the city to take four meaningful actions to help save the declining ...

Monarch butterflies are unique in their migration patterns. Eastern monarchs travel between Mexico and the U.S., spending ...

The study was one of several that assessed the effects of climate change on three species of butterflies whose populations are declining.

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in the ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed.

One homeowner drew a chorus of "oohs" and "aahs" on Reddit for a stunning image of their vibrant milkweed-filled back garden in full ... There is fear that the monarch butterfly could disappear in the ...