The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...
On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch ...
One gardening Redditor from Massachusetts shared a picturesque clip of a beautiful monarch butterfly in their yard. The creature was perched on a pink swamp milkweed blossom, feeding on the flower ...
Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a second. In the right conditions, a migrating monarch ...
Western Monarch Count observed a peak population of 9,119 Monarch butterflies in California this winter, marking a sharp decline in the last few years. The count, administered by ...
The proposal to list the monarch as a threatened species is not a done deal. The FWS invites comments from the general public ...
When you see a monarch butterfly perched atop a colorful flower, it's for good reason. Nectar from flowers occupies the bulk of a butterfly's diet. If you are wondering why the nectar is so ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to list the monarch as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. NDSU Extension horticulturist Esther McGinnis suggests commenting.
Monarch butterflies have declined 80 percent or more in recent decades Each year, eastern monarchs embark on a migration spanning thousands of miles and multiple generations to overwintering ...
Some four to five dozen Monarch butterflies, one or two at a time, were alighting on many zinnias then massively in bloom, ...
In the spring, as monarch butterflies fly north, they make a stop-off in the Natural State. Perched on milkweed, they breed and lay their eggs. Within 30 days, those pollinators will go from egg ...