The experiment began in 2017, when Sáenz-Romero and his team gathered seeds from oyamel fir trees in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve at various altitudes. For two years, the plants grew ...

Milkweed is no longer considered a “noxious weed” in Michigan, a monarch butterfly migration superhighway through the Great ...

In 2017, Sáenz-Romero and colleagues gathered seeds from cones from eight stands of sacred fir in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) in Mexico, at altitudes between 3,100 and 3,500 ...

A report and study reveal the monarch butterfly's decline, with human conservation efforts potentially exacerbating the issue ...

“The AIM Team works with mission-sensitive species like the monarch butterfly that, if listed under the Endangered Species Act, would affect military mission readiness in the training areas ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the ...

A new University of Georgia study focuses on the southern fall migration of monarch butterflies and how well-meaning people ...

Dramatic recent declines in the size of monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) roosts during fall migration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2024; 121 (43) DOI: 10.1073/pnas ...

Solano RCD is offering free in-person workshops to help people learn how to provide a Monarch habitat in as little as 100-square-feet in their backyards.

The Hawkwatch is one of the many groups in Vermont and the U.S. that have been keeping record of migrating monarch numbers. In the wake of changing climates, butterfly lovers have been concerned ...