As this butterfly lands, the wings are clasped together to reveal the under wings, which are yellow-orange in coloration, rather than being dark orange like the upper wings.

All the Monarch butterfly actors and props were on the stage: A grassy meadow, red, yellow and blue pollinator flowers, ample milkweed and a soft, Southern Indiana evening. Some 82 lightly caged ...

Once you know the difference, it's easy to identify a viceroy butterfly vs a monarch. See what their wings and caterpillars ...

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life.

The monarch butterfly was classified as an endangered species by international conservations, Thursday, and is now one step closer to extinction.Over the past decade, the population has dropped ...

They offer both milkweed for monarch caterpillars as well as nectar plants for adult butterflies (and many other pollinators, too). Today, more than 90% of native grasslands have been converted to ...

Caterpillars of the Monarch are quite colorful as they are banded with white, black, and yellow rings, and attain a length of about two inches.

Jose Luis Alvarez, co-founder of Forests for Monarchs, and Martha Askins, a retired lawyer, discuss the beauty of the monarch butterfly, and conservation efforts to save them.

SAVING THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into ...

The Central Coast is no stranger to the monarch butterfly. Santa Cruz and Pacific Grove are popular spots for the migrating butterflies to stop as they fly north from October to March.