Scientists in Texas are studying monarch butterflies to understand how they navigate thousands of miles, possibly by sensing ...

Biologists have attached tiny, solar transmitters to the monarch butterflies, allowing researchers and everyday visitors to ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

Insects and the plants they depend on are migrating in response to climate change, but not always in the same way.

For centuries, monarch butterflies have traveled thousands of miles across North America, guided by instincts that scientists ...

In late 2024, a tagged monarch named Lionel migrated from New Jersey to Florida, logging thousands of detections along the ...

An international team of scientists have identified nine new species of butterflies using a combination of geographical, ...

An international collaboration to track individual monarchs kicked off this fall, including James Madison University.

America’s butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds. The first countrywide ...

In recent years, the number of monarch butterflies has been declining, and researchers don’t know the exact cause.

The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely ...

Welcoming butterflies to your garden is beneficial for the ecosystem. Here is one way to use outdated potting soil to ...