California's wildlife conservation societies are urging people to come forward to help save these iconic pollinator species.

One of California’s most iconic animals is in trouble. A preliminary tally of monarch butterflies that spend the winter along ...

I struggled to catch my breath, but it had nothing to do with the 10,000-foot altitude. All around me, millions of monarch ...

Encinitas landscape, the 2025 landscape winner in the San Dieguito Water District, nurtures both flora and fauna ...

Daniella Hernandez leads classes crafting unique art installations using insect taxidermy at Monarch Manor Oddities. She demonstrated how to make a small butterfly globe using all items that were ...

A monarch butterfly unable to launch was given a second chance after a rare wing transplant using donor wings from a deceased insect. The five-minute procedure worked instantly, allowing the butterfly ...

The hotter conditions produced more potent toxins in the milkweed. But the researchers said that surprisingly, the parasitic ...

Climate warming can impact plant quality, which in turn shapes the nutrition and immune defense of insect herbivores like ...

When winter is upon us, we are aware of our shorter days and colder temperatures. Animals have their own adaptations for ...

Counters reported finding only two monarch butterflies at Ellwood East during the latest overwintering butterfly count in Goleta on Monday.  There were no ...

Salvat's forthcoming exhibition, Latitude/Longitude, continues the artist's interest in the convergence of nature and human ...

An injured butterfly can now fly after a wing transplant from a dead insect. The monarch butterfly was brought to Sweetbriar ...