Butterflies come in a remarkable variety of different forms and patterns, from the orange-colored majesty of the monarch to ...

Arizona doesn’t get swarms of monarch butterflies migrating between their summer habitats up north and the mountains of Mexico where they spend the winters, but they are a dependable presence.

To survive a drop in temperatures over winter, monarch butterflies go into diapause ... Swarms of butterflies can hang in these large groups from trees for up to six or seven months each year.

If you or your agronomist detect aster yellows in a canola crop, you’ll be sure to find it also in an adjacent wheat crop, ...

Walton blames the use of herbicides and pesticides for the decline in the monarch butterflies. If cattle eat milkweed, it can ...

Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have been living and breeding year-round in California’s Bay Area, thanks ...

From former farmland outside of Butler County to community gardens and ditches, spots across Nebraska are being used to house ...

$6.99 at amazon.com. Westhall says other types of milkweed that play host to monarch butterflies include: Asclepias arenaria. Asclepias asperula . Asclepias curassavica ...

Their multi-month and multigenerational migration north of about 3,000 miles begins in February or March. Each monarch lives only between two and six weeks. During migration, the female monarch mates, ...

Monarch butterflies hang in large clumps from trees during the winter – a phenomenon known as overwintering. Photo / Kathy Reid. New Zealand butterfly experts say a “concerningly low” number ...