A critically endangered butterfly that lives in the southernmost part of Florida thrives in certain years. Researchers turned ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.

the larvae are the real threat, as they are capable of defoliating citrus trees. That's especially bad news for Florida, the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protections for monarch butterflies as future generations of children are at risk of never seeing one of the vivid orange and black creatures in the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — 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 ...

They meticulously search for painted ladies—vibrant orange butterflies with an intricate black-and-white pattern. Capturing painted ladies is not an easy task; they are strong, determined flyers ...

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 ...