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There’s something special about the monarch butterflies you may see flitting around in the coming weeks. The monarchs we witness in mid- to late August and early September are part of what’s known as ...

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Researchers in the South want people to report Monarch butterfly sightings this winter as more butterflies seem to skip the long migration to breeding grounds in Mexico. Millions of monarch ...

(CNN) — Challenging times are ahead for smaller, lighter-colored butterflies as Earth’s climate continues to warm, a new study has found. Unlike their relatives with larger wings and darker colors, ...

As local artist Amy Loschiavo wandered through the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove with her class of second-grade students, she had a sinking suspicion that the population was rapidly ...

Male zebra longwing butterfly vision sticks to a duller pallette, perhaps for mating reasons. The genes that explain this may help unlock how differences between sexes evolve. By Veronique Greenwood ...