The second annual Monarch Butterfly Day is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Museums at Aptucxet, 6 Aptucxet Road, Bourne, according to a community announcement. The event, organized by ...

NORFOLK — A few weeks ago at The Hague School, environmental biology and chemistry teacher Karen Spencer, along with a crew of parents, planted beds of milkweed, which is the sole host plant for ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It’s also hard to believe that the life cycle of this incredibly colorful ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Learning in the field was definitely the goal for two northwest Ohio science teachers who went on a field trip thousands of miles away. Their adventure could help save the iconic ...

A 12-year-old girl is helping monarch butterflies by raising them and planting a specialized garden. Monarch butterflies were listed as threatened in 2024 due to habitat loss and pesticide use.

As countless monarch butterflies make their way through Illinois toward their wintertime destination in Mexico, some became the center of attention in Palos Heights last weekend during its annual ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — A newly emerged Monarch butterfly rests on 8-year-old Beckett Mautner’s nose. Her sister Dexter, 11, has her hands full holding more on as the sun beams on a September afternoon ...

If it feels like there are fewer bugs now than there were decades ago, it’s not just nostalgia. Scientists estimate that, due to factors such as pesticide use, habitat loss, and climate change, as ...

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...

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Across North America, monarch butterfly populations will begin their journey southward to warmer winter climates in Mexico, travelling across much of the United States, including Oklahoma, along their ...