With its vivid orange wings, black outline and white dots, the monarch butterfly is one of the most easily identifiable butterflies on the planet. Their ability to fly thousands of miles across ...

Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a sprinkling of white spots around the black edges. Those white spots may actually help monarchs ...

A recent study by the Worldwide Fund has revealed a promising increase in the population of the eastern monarch butterfly, ...

The wings of monarchs that survive a 2,000-mile-long migration tend to be spottier, suggesting that feature may aid the insects’ ability to fly. By Kate Golembiewski Every fall, monarch ...

On the surface, it was just a simple lesson about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly ... Thanks to the butterfly’s tiny identifier tag affixed to its wing — no larger around than a ...

Tens of millions of monarch butterflies are on an epic aerial ... Anderson Cooper: You can actually hear the sound of butterfly wings. Court Whelan: Yeah. Anderson Cooper: Let's just be quiet ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Monarch butterflies in Eastern North America complete one of the ...

The major part of the sculpture — the larger-than-life, free-standing monarch butterfly wing — was completed near the end of September, along with plantings of native milkweed and multiple ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it is reopening the public comment period for a proposed rule to list the monarch ... of their wings. Each adult butterfly lives only ...

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN POPULATIONS OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY WITH THEIR RECOGNIZABLE ORANGE AND BLACK WINGS COULD SOON BE EXTINCT.. (SOT) I THINK IT'S FRIGHTENING BUT THAT'S WHAT EXPERTS ...

Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

The white spots on the edges of a monarch butterfly's wings might give it an advantage while migrating, according to new research. Sanka Vidanagama / NurPhoto via Getty Images For a migrating ...