For years, planting milkweed was the go-to way to help monarchs. Now, scientists say it may be fueling a parasite that’s ...

From the day I bought my first milkweed plant to the day my last monarch flew the coop a month later, I was wholly consumed by the magic and mysterious science of a monarch butterfly's lifecycle. It ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jacky Parker Photography / Getty Images The plight of monarch butterflies is well known.

It is Monarch migration time! The fifth generation is beginning their long trip to their Mexican overwintering grounds in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve on the border of Michoacán and State ...

Explore the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and ways to help monarch butterflies. Explore the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and ways to help monarch butterflies.

Milkweed is the host plant for butterfly enthusiasts who want to attract monarch butterflies. When the monarch discovers the milkweed, she lays her eggs on it. Once the eggs hatch, the small ...

Every year, swarms of majestic monarch butterflies take wing in a massive autumn migration from the northern United States to a small region near Mexico City — except for a wayward population that ...

Rachel Grella performed a study with Monarch butterflies and Milkweed density. Photo by John Barnard/Pexels. Rachel Grella, a seventh-semester University of Connecticut ecology and evolutionary ...

DALLAS — Fall is officially here in Texas, and as the leaves turn color, something else orange will be visible in nature: the monarch butterfly. During the fall season, monarch butterflies will ...

Where did all the monarch butterflies go? Probably the most universally recognized butterfly in the world is the monarch (Danaus plexippus). The beauty of its wings in striking shades of oranges with ...

Migratory western monarch butterflies have reached a record low this year, putting them at the brink of extinction, according to the latest survey of the insects. The annual autumn count, though not ...