The monarch butterfly is iconic in North America — but in Montana, it is a rare sight. That’s why when landscaper Kathy Ross ...

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life. Understanding a few facts about the process lets you observe it in nature with ease ...

Monarch butterflies travel through Oklahoma, but lately, we're seeing fewer of them than ever before. Aaron Walton plants milkweed at his south Tulsa home to try to save monarch butterflies. He’s ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Lehigh Valley residents may be noticing streaks of black and orange flitting through their back yards in recent days. The “king” of the Lepidoptera family, the monarch butterfly, is passing through ...

Monarch butterflies undergo a complete metamorphosis, or a four-part life cycle. Life begins as a tiny egg, which soon hatches an elfin larva, or caterpillar. The caterpillar does much of the heavy ...

Maureen Dime’s magical garden in Del Mar has become a welcome spot for hundreds of monarch butterflies. Over the last 13 years, so many butterflies have flourished and fluttered in her front yard that ...