Climate warming can impact plant quality, which in turn shapes the nutrition and immune defense of insect herbivores like ...

The hotter conditions produced more potent toxins in the milkweed. But the researchers said that surprisingly, the parasitic ...

California's wildlife conservation societies are urging people to come forward to help save these iconic pollinator species.

I struggled to catch my breath, but it had nothing to do with the 10,000-foot altitude. All around me, millions of monarch ...

While I suspect the majority of people here in Texas have seen a monarch butterfly, most probably don’t know that they make one of the most amazing migrations on the planet. Monarchs, known for their ...

Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some Japanese stilt grass is pushing its way in as well. We use neighbor John and ...

They’re a brilliant orange sight by the millions as the season changes and we’re not talking about the leaves. This week is all about monarch butterflies. * The story goes that the “monarch” part ...

Shelley Ramey shares her passion for saving Monarch butterflies, one egg at a time Lake Township nature lover Shelley Ramey has spent the last five years protecting and releasing Monarch butterflies.

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...