O'REILLY A monarch chrysalis. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for OE spores. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY Mary Vienneau tests a newly emerged monarch butterfly for ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

It looks so much like a monarch that experienced naturalists ... That’s a shame, because a close-up view of a freshly emerged buckeye butterfly is a transcendent sight. Like several of its ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in December that the monarch butterfly be moved in its extinction classification to the "threatened" category. Currently, the monarch is not federally ...

Each winter, Floridians are lucky enough to step into their gardens and witness the majesty of monarch butterfly migrations. The colorful black and orange wings dazzle kids and parents alike ...

A 15-foot dragon, graveyard headstones, skeleton bones, and a cauldron-stirring witch have transformed into cheerful Christmas figures alongside the latent, registered monarch butterfly waystation ...