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The monarch butterfly, known for its bright orange patterned wings, is in the middle of its migration from the northern U.S.

You see monarch caterpillars, you see monarch butterflies — but why don't you see a monarch chrysalis? Here's what makes them ...

Organizers hope these gardens, five of which now exist in Houston, will help restore critical habitats for one of nature’s ...

Last weekend, Salisbury had a hand in one of the largest natural migrations taking place across the U.S., and it happened in ...

Butterflies sit on a pine tree at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif. Researchers say that the population of western monarch butterflies is well below what it used to be. One of the most ...

These amazing creatures spend their summers mating and pollinating in the southern parts of Canada and northern United States ...

Editor’s note: The Wild is all about featuring a variety of exciting voices from SoCal’s outdoors scene. For the next several weeks, that voice will belong to Times staff writer Lila Seidman. A native ...

A sign welcomes people into the Ellwood Monarch Butterfly Grove. A management plan lays out the work the city needs to do to improve the butterfly habitat, reduce wildfire risk and improve public ...

On their journey from Canada to Mexico, migratory monarch butterflies stop in New Jersey from September through November to rest and wait for favorable weather to continue their migration across the ...

I have been wondering if it would have been more likely to be struck by lightning,” said the biologist who spotted the rare ...

The number of Monarch butterflies hibernating in Mexican forests decreased by 22% last year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled, according to an annual report ...