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 ...
On Thursday, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterfly to the "red list" of threatened species. Known for its orange and black wings and annual ...
On July 22, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added the migratory monarch butterfly to its “Red List” of threatened species and classified it as endangered. Monarchs have ...
An Orland Park woman who raises butterflies in her home hit the monarch migration jackpot: A tiny tag affixed to one of her 2020 butterflies was recovered in the mountainous region of central Mexico ...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Trump administration officials are expected to say this week whether the monarch butterfly, a colorful and familiar backyard visitor now caught in a global extinction crisis, should ...
On a suburban street with smooth lawns and trimmed bushes, Martha Chiplis’ yard stands out. It’s not just the wildflowers: purple wild petunia, golden lanceleaf coreopsis, hot-pink Bush’s poppy mallow ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Central Texas is home to many types of pollinators that each play an important role in our ecosystem. Perhaps one of the most recognizable, the Monarch butterfly, populate our skies ...
MISSION, Texas (Border Report) — Wearing dark sunglasses, long sleeves and a wide-brimmed hat, Florida retiree Linda Cooper ...
Oliver Milman is the author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World, which is available now from W. W. Norton. In the depths of the Californian winter, an ember of hope ...