Got milkweed? Field Museum study shows how Chicago gardeners can help monarch butterflies Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email ...

In a new study in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, researchers and community scientists monitored urban milkweed plants for butterfly eggs to learn what makes these city gardens ...

Citizen scientist Lorraine Kells searches for monarch butterfly eggs in the monarch waystation near the Chicago Park District storehouse on Aug. 7, 2024.

The monarch butterfly is widely recognized and widely dispersed across North America and it's in trouble. Federal officials decide soon whether it gets protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Along the 35-mile stretch between Sonora and Ozona, a “river of monarchs” was flying across the highway at windshield height. Maresh veered a bit in an attempt to miss one butterfly and ended up ...

You've probably seen monarch butterflies, and maybe monarch caterpillars, but there's a lot to learn about the monarch life cycle.

Bogong moths are the first invertebrates known to navigate using the night sky during annual migrations to highland caves ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara. But what determines whether some ...

LYNCHBURG Every year, billions of honey-orange monarch butterflies across North America begin a thousands-mile-long journey. The phenomenon fascinates scientists worldwide, including Nelson County ...

Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable butterflies in North America. But they're in trouble.

“Oh! There’s our monarch again!” Kells said. “Here she comes.” Such gardens are at the heart of a new Field Museum study, which draws on the work of Chicago-area citizen scientists such ...