It’s always a thrill when a beautiful orange butterfly flutters through your ... edges of the wings to tell if you’re seeing a monarch. Male monarchs have two black dots on their hindwings.

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from ...

Federal wildlife authorities announced a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened ... because they physically move pollen from male parts to female parts of plants.