The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf have developed flexible ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in ...

Researchers have developed robotic wings that mimic the movement of butterfly wings using only magnetic fields, with no need ...

Researchers created flexible robot wings inspired by monarchs, powered by magnetic fields. They enable precise movement ...

On Thursday, the Xerces Society released the results of its 28th annual Western Monarch Count, reporting the second lowest ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Centre Dresden-Rossendorf have developed a ...

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a second. In the right conditions, a migrating monarch ...

Its stunning wings are bright orange-red and deep black veins run through them. The white spots along the edges bring the ...

But the monarch retains its symbolic significance ... and Norah were experimenting with how to put adhesive labels on butterfly wings so that the monarchs could be found and tracked.

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...