"The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North America, captivating children and adults throughout its fascinating life cycle," U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams ...

This year’s count of 4.42 acres of occupied forest habitat is nearly twice as large as last year's, but eastern monarch butterfly populations remain far below the long-term average. The 2024 ...

Monarch butterflies depend on the milkweed plant as the only food source for its larvae, but the monarchs benefit from the ...

The migratory monarch butterfly—the iconic subspecies common to North America—was declared endangered today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global leading ...

Are monarch butterflies endangered? Monarch population numbers are falling and it's clear that these butterflies need our ...

The official state insect of Texas is in trouble. The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline. Volunteers ...

Slide the line in the interactive graphic below to watch a butterfly's growth. 11Alive has previously reported on the monarch butterfly's migration patterns and decline. In the 1990s, nearly 700 ...

All across this country we are seeing fewer and fewer of the beautiful Eastern Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus). The same ...