The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...

New research shows climate change may push monarch butterflies farther south and make their long migration harder in the ...

The official state butterfly since 2000, monarch butterflies are facing a major ecological threat, according to experts. Local, Western populations of monarchs have declined by around 30% compared to ...

Biologists found just one monarch butterfly at Ellwood Mesa on Monday during the last butterfly count of the 2025-26 overwintering season. That ...

A monarch butterfly (Dannaux plexippus) flaps its wings in Piedra Herrada Sanctuary, Mexico. Might this start a chain of events that results in a tornado in Texas? Photograph by Jaime Rojo In 1961, ...

BREEZY POINT — The annual Monarch Butterfly Release took place Saturday, July 19, at Pelican Woods Cemetery and Nature Trail in Breezy Point, with 300 monarch butterflies released. 1/44: People attend ...

Monarch butterflies that hatch in the spring and early summer live fast and die young at only two to six weeks. But those that emerge in late summer can survive six to nine months. That’s long enough ...

While the USFWS does not specifically mention Texas—which monarch butterflies funnel through twice a year—the state's agricultural commissioner Sid Miller is making it known he firmly stands against ...

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple ...

Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies drift across Texas skies on their way from Canada to Mexico. It's one of the longest insect migrations on the planet, and for many monarchs, Texas is the ...