This winter’s annual Western Monarch Count was the third lowest on record. Scientists say habitat loss, climate change and ...

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 ...

Every 5th February is celebrated as Western Monarch Day in California mostly. The Western Monarch Day draws attention to a growing environmental crisis. Scientists warn that western monarch ...

A University of Miami biologist and a Princeton University researcher are among the first to utilize tiny sensors that allow ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 20, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. Earlier this year we reported on one of the most remarkable and mysterious migrations in ...

The latest count of western monarch butterfly populations is the third-lowest yet, after 2024 and 2020.

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple ...

A monarch butterfly (Dannaux plexippus) flaps its wings in Piedra Herrada Sanctuary, Mexico. Might this start a chain of events that results in a tornado in Texas? Photograph by Jaime Rojo In 1961, ...

The eastern monarch butterfly population has nearly doubled in 2025 after last year's conservation efforts, according to Texas Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture. Miller ...

While the USFWS does not specifically mention Texas—which monarch butterflies funnel through twice a year—the state's agricultural commissioner Sid Miller is making it known he firmly stands against ...

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