Monarch butterfly numbers are declining, but people like Lorene and Robert Miller of Plain City are helping in a major way.

Every spring, gardeners wait for a familiar flash of orange wings to glide into their yards. Monarch butterflies, the symbols of transformation and endurance, have long enchanted both scientists and ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises 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 ...

For so many people, the classroom transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is one of their earliest experiences with science and nature. Which is why it’s so distressing to know that the ...

SALISBURY — Last weekend, Salisbury had a hand in one of the largest natural migrations taking place across the U.S., and it happened in a flutter. Hurley Park hosted the annual monarch butterfly ...

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 ...

The monarch butterfly is iconic in North America — but in Montana, it is a rare sight. That's why when Kathy Ross discovered monarchs breeding in her Bigfork garden last summer, she knew it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity." Monarch butterflies undergo a complete ...