From swallowtails to painted ladies, meet some interesting caterpillars you might find in your yard — and find out about the ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are flying higher, but they still have many miles to go. According to a pair of 2025-2026 reports from the World Wildlife Fund and partners, the population of eastern monarch ...

The monarch butterfly is iconic in North America — but in Montana, it is a rare sight. That’s why when landscaper Kathy Ross ...

On a recent warm July day in Reseda, residents of the San Fernando Valley got free narrowleaf milkweed to plant in their gardens — part of a greater effort to improve the population of endangered ...

NORFOLK — A few weeks ago at The Hague School, environmental biology and chemistry teacher Karen Spencer, along with a crew of parents, planted beds of milkweed, which is the sole host plant for ...

UC Master Gardeners helped transform a neglected site by a freeway offramp in Atascadero into a rest stop for migrating monarch butterflies.

The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides ...

In the forests of central Mexico, the number of monarch butterflies grew for the second year in a row, suggesting the ...

To some people, seeing a monarch butterfly has meaning. These orange and black fliers can be a symbol of strength, change and more.

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...