QUASQUETON — Monarch butterflies and their offspring have been scarce around here this summer. “It’s been slow in most parts of Iowa,” said Cam Watts, co-founder of the Monarch Research Project in ...

From the day I bought my first milkweed plant to the day my last monarch flew the coop a month later, I was wholly consumed by the magic and mysterious science of a monarch butterfly's lifecycle. It ...

Armed with a small trowel, I leaned over on my hands and knees on a hot evening in August and carefully tried to rescue our fledgling butterfly garden. Aggressive ivy had wrapped around the little ...

Geauga Park District Naturalist Linda Gilbert will be hosting a Monarch Rearing 101 class from 2 to 3 p.m., July 24, at The West Woods Nature Center, 9465 Kinsman Road in Russell Township. This ...

SHERWOOD (WLUK) -- With its distinctive black, orange and white coloring, the monarch butterfly is a familiar flyer in North America, but scientists say the population numbers are dropping as much as ...

Magnolia Montgomery, age 12, peered into a rectangular enclosure covered with white mesh. Inside are milkweed branches. Caterpillars are slowly crawling on the leaves, some the size of a grain of rice ...

KAUKAUNA, Wis. (WBAY) - Over the last couple of years, an Outagamie County woman has made it her mission to help the endangered monarch butterfly. Scientists estimate the pollinator’s population has ...

Pop quiz! How do you fine-tune your observational skills; ignite a sense of curiosity, awe and wonder for the nature world; enhance focus and memory in a world of instant gratification; and instill a ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Elgin chapter of the Izaak Walton League will welcome Carol Johnson, founder of the Schaumburg Monarch Initiative, at 7 p.m. at the Hanover Township Izaak Walton Center at 899 ...

Monarch butterflies are among the most beloved insects in North America. They are brightly colored and unique, both as caterpillars and later as mature insects. Monarchs are found in every U.S. state ...