This winter’s annual Western Monarch Count was the third lowest on record. Scientists say habitat loss, climate change and ...

The latest count of western monarch butterfly populations is the third-lowest yet, after 2024 and 2020.

The Endangered Species Act is no help yet.

The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 20, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. Earlier this year we reported on one of the most remarkable and mysterious migrations in ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - When many people think of a butterfly, they picture the iconic black and orange monarch. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing to get monarch butterflies ...

I struggled to catch my breath, but it had nothing to do with the 10,000-foot altitude. All around me, millions of monarch butterflies swirled around, and it felt like I was inside an ecological ...

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple ...

The most unsettling declines aren't sudden collapses but slow thinnings that force us to realize, too late, that ...

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