Monarch butterflies gather at their wintering colony in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico. “So for over a decade now, the colonies haven’t really changed in size.

Every year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate to the same remote stretch of forest in central Mexico.KEVIN SIEFF / WASHINGTON POST Mexican authorities are investigating the death of a part ...

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The Purépecha grandmothers tell how their ancestors walked from the cold lands at the centre of the country. When the children and old people could go no further, they covered their bodies with the ...

Mexico's Magic Towns, or pueblos mágicos, celebrate the most picturesque communities in Mexico. Here are some of the best.

Also, being one who believes that the Land has memory and retains knowledge, I can’t help but wonder what the meadow must think as the monarchs pass. I’m sure it is the passing of one more bit of ...

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Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies—including monarchs, which rely on milkweeds as larval host plants.

Berry’s Skipper is a rare butterfly species found in wet areas from North Carolina to Florida. Its population has declined by almost 80% since 2000. Photo credit: Jeff Glassberg A sweeping new study ...

Another Michoacan mayor, Tacambaro’s Salvador Bastidas, was killed earlier this month. The latest killing came two days after Lilia García Soto, mayor of San Mateo Piñas, was killed in Oaxaca.