Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a sprinkling of white spots around the black edges. Those white spots may actually help monarchs ...

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 ...

The wings of monarchs that survive a 2,000-mile-long migration tend to be spottier, suggesting that feature may aid the insects’ ability to fly. By Kate Golembiewski Every fall, monarch ...

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN POPULATIONS OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY WITH THEIR RECOGNIZABLE ORANGE AND BLACK WINGS COULD SOON BE EXTINCT.. (SOT) I THINK IT'S FRIGHTENING BUT THAT'S WHAT EXPERTS ...