The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It ...

Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and emerge as large orange-and-black butterflies. Monarch's multigenerational migration ...

The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa ...

A kaleidoscope of orange-and-yellow monarch butterflies soon will return to Michigan as they finish their overwintering in Mexico and Central America and begin fluttering home to breed.

A monarch butterfly was circling overhead, ... thin smooth stalks supporting wispy green leaves — and black-and-yellow striped monarch butterfly caterpillars that were scooting around in the ...

Monarch butterflies have been spotted in south Georgia. See when you can expect them further north and check out some tips to help care for them Seven sultry songs that serve as the soundtrack for ...

The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted to a new record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction, researchers announced ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Each year, millions of majestic orange and black monarch butterflies make an extreme, multi-generational 3,000 mile migration across the United States, flocking to wintering ...

Chewed down to the stalk by a black and yellow striped monarch caterpillar. If you’ve reared monarchs/milkweed, then you know how quickly these buggers can mow down a plant. You know it takes ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species on Tuesday, citing a significant decline in the iconic black and orange insects ...

They're instantly recognizable, with their striking orange and black colors. A single monarch butterfly can travel thousands of miles. "It comes up in generations.