In the heat of the summer, the arrival of even one fiery-orange monarch butterfly in my postage-stamp backyard is always ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from tiny ...

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 ...

With their relatively large 3- to 4-inch wingspan and bold orange-and-black coloration, monarch butterflies are one of the most identifiable insects in Wisconsin. Arguably one of the most popular, too ...

Monarchs in Motion highlights monarch migration and efforts to protect them. Monarchs in Motion is a documentary by Mason Mirabile exploring the life cycle, migration, and conservation of monarch ...

Monarchs undergo a four-stage life cycle and rely solely on milkweed plants for their egg and caterpillar stages. Monarchs in eastern North America migrate up to 3,000 miles to overwinter in Mexico.