At the Cincinnati Nature Center, patches of native plants are the setting for a sort-of scavenger hunt. Research ecologist Tess Mulrey stops at each milkweed plant she sees. “Each individual plant is ...

Monarch butterfly populations have nearly doubled this year, an annual survey of the species found. At the end of each summer, the beloved pollinators migrate from southern Canada and the northern and ...

Monarch butterfly enthusiasts' help is needed again. Volunteers from the Southeast and Gulf states have provided more than 6,300 observations of monarchs during winter since 2020. This coming winter, ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service is considering federal protections for the beloved butterfly. But some biologists who study the monarch say the evidence doesn’t support listing. Monarch butterfly expert ...

A monarch butterfly with a tag on its wing perches on a flower head at Monarch Watch's butterfly tagging event at the Baker Wetlands on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Monarch Watch is contributing to a ...