The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way. The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals.

The monarch butterfly migration is off to a tough start this season — with fewer butterflies than usual fluttering to the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove. As of Wednesday, California State ...

Monarch butterflies are in decline largely because of habitat degradation, including in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in the forested mountains of Central Mexico. Researchers looked at ...

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico. Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys ...

The flapping wings of millions of monarch butterflies at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico, create a fluttering sound that Alfonso Alonso describes as “magical.” The ...

DENVER, Colorado — When artist Juls Mendoza puts brush to canvas, every stroke carries meaning. Throughout his many years of professional work, there is one image his brush returns to again and again: ...

Only 20 butterflies were counted for the 2025 pre-season monarch butterfly count, according to Charis van der Heide, senior biologist and monarch butterfly specialist with Althouse and Meade Inc.

Monarch butterflies migrate to California each fall to escape cold weather and cluster in coastal groves from October to February. Key viewing spots include Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz, Pismo State ...

It’s no ordinary classroom inside Beverly Campbell’s room at Bulloch Academy—it’s filled with the buzz of wonder, the scratching of a 39-year-old turtle eager for a snack, and a monarch butterfly cage ...

A monarch on a maximilian sunflower in the Todd Waterfowl Production Area in the Kulm Wetland Management District. (USFWS photo) A proposal to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the ...

The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...

If you see a monarch butterfly in your Wichita yard, you might want to take an extra long look, because this may be the last month of the year you’ll see them flying around your garden. The monarch ...