U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is debating how to protect the monarch butterfly, but local Houstonians can help too.

Pesticides and habitat loss have been the chief reasons for the loss of the butterfly, which is being considered for the ...

The eastern population of monarch butterflies overwinters primarily in the oyamel fir forests of the Sierra Madre Mountains in central Mexico, which provide a microclimate essential for their survival ...

On December 12, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under ...

Education Manager Katie-Lyn Puffer at Monarch Joint Venture said they work with communities, state agencies, and local and national organizations to raise awareness and advocate for monarchs. They ...

Citizen scientists are called on to help with tagging monarch butterflies and find out why their numbers are dropping.

We have just learned that the iconic monarch butterfly may be placed on the ... and the small white flowers have a subtle fragrance. Birds love the clusters of blue-black berries that form along ...