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

Climate warming can impact plant quality, which in turn shapes the nutrition and immune defense of insect herbivores like monarch butterflies.

Suitable habitat for migrating monarch butterflies will shift southwards because of climate change, according to a study ...

Suitable habitat for migrating monarch butterflies will shift southwards because of climate change, according to a study publishing February 25th in ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex body parts like wings involves many genes, the difference between two ...

Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient. Every fall, these delicate orange-and-black travelers set out on a journey so improbable it borders on myth, flying some three thousand ...

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down ...