For a naturalist, living in Texas definitely has its share of fringe benefits. The diversity of the flora and fauna that can be observed here is nothing short of amazing. One of the amazing feats of ...

On the surface, it was just a simple lesson about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, a celebration of the last step in a journey toward freedom, of sorts — their migration to Mexico. Under the ...

Just this past month the International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the migratory monarch butterfly on its Red List of Endangered Species. This has been a long time coming. Monarchs are the ...

Monarch butterfly migration has a history that repeats every year! On Saturday, Sept. 9, the University of Tennessee Arboretum will host its annual Butterfly Festival ...

Glenda Eubanks of Solon immerses herself daily in one of the most mind-boggling miracles of nature — the fascinating life cycle of monarch butterflies. Sparked by the interest of a young granddaughter ...

A monarch butterfly extracts itself from its chrysalis on Monday, June 19, 2023, within a protective enclosure at the Orlan Love residence in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo Much has ...

Every autumn, swarms of migrating monarchs descend on the mountains of central Mexico. It is the final stop on a journey of thousands of miles, as the butterflies travel from their North American ...

In 2008, Evergreen Elementary in Holmen created a garden designed in part to be a “way station” for monarch butterflies as part of a national effort to create more habitat for the orange-and-black ...