A fleeting blur of black and orange fluttered past Jenny Welch. Beside a sign labeled “monarch waystation,” the 62-year-old volunteer mingled with guests looking to purchase native Florida plants, ...

The little critters are supposed to be starting their epic 3,000-mile journey to central Mexico. But, one organization said, they’re nowhere to be found. CONCORD, N.H. — Brett Amy Thelen was supposed ...

A monarch butterfly was fluttering inside a large net while Larry Hoffman tried to gently grab hold of its wings. Hoffman, 77, grabbed the butterfly’s body, turned it over in his hands and placed a ...

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Tall spikes of deep purple liatris blooms sway in the breeze of a training area. Among the flowers, volunteers clad in bright safety vests are scattered, their eyes sharp and ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Monarch butterflies are at risk of becoming an endangered species. Right now, volunteers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are helping with conservation ...

Anurag Agrawal, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor at Cornell University, gives a talk about monarch butterflies on Oct. 16, 2025. The talk was the second lecture in the Teale Lecture ...