Why Do Monarch Butterflies Swarm? Monarch butterflies, like other butterfly species and birds, must migrate to warmer climates during the cold winter months. Monarch butterflies are unique because ...

The monarch butterfly population in Mexico is on the rise again, following several years in which the number of butterflies had dwindled to worrying lows. In a report from the World Wildlife ...

Spending time in a beautiful garden can be transformative. In fact, some visitors to the Smithsonian’s Mary Livingston Ripley Garden in Washington, D.C., have taken this quite literally. Throughout ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the monarch butterfly on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered in July, but despite decades of declining numbers, the delicate ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Monarch butterflies are making a comeback in the Bay Area, thanks, in part to a warm winter, and also because they're adaptable. Last year, the population of the monarch ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- This spring, "Foremost's Butterflies are Blooming" celebrates its 13th year, but don't expect any awkward teenage phase. The perennially popular exhibit is a finely tuned machine, ...

A rare butterfly is coming to Pearlridge Center. On Saturday, March 24, the Kamehameha butterfly will be part of the mall’s butterfly conservatory. Dr. William P. Haines from the UH Manoa Pulelehua ...

More than 20 years of habitat restoration and breeding programs have helped the endangered Karner blue butterfly make a comeback in the pine barrens of upstate New York where it was discovered by ...