The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from tiny ...

Whether you’re a butterfly fanatic or simply interested in nature, the monarch butterfly is worth a study. Beautiful and serene, monarch butterflies have a unique lifespan. But how long do monarch ...

Over the following days, further inspection yielded many more caterpillars in Arizona milkweed plants within the shade ramada ...

Their multi-month and multigenerational migration north of about 3,000 miles begins in February or March. Each monarch lives only between two and six weeks. During migration, the female monarch mates, ...

The New Year brought a special surprise to the Gila Watershed Partnership’s (GWP) Native Plant Nursery. While working under ...

The monarch butterfly population has declined in recent decades, leading to a proposed listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. People can help monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, ...

We have conducted a number of monarch butterfly and milkweed classes over the last three years. The classes hosted over 450 attendees and distributed 900 milkweed seeded containers to gardeners in the ...

If you've always wanted to curate your own monarch butterfly garden but have been unsure of where to start or how to snag supplies without breaking the bank, we've got some good news for you. You ...

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 ...

Every fall, an incredible migration occurs through the state of Indiana, where millions of tiny monarch butterflies fly on their way to overwintering grounds in Mexico, only to return in the spring to ...