The largest insect migration in the world ends each year in Michoacán, Mexico. Millions of monarch butterflies travel from the United States and Canada to pass the cold months in the towering [...]

Orley R. “Chip” Taylor Founder and Director of Monarch Watch; Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Trained as an insect ecologist, Chip Taylor has published [...]

Tattered and worn, female monarchs make their return trip north after surviving overwintering conditions…the cycle begins once again!

PHOTO: SPRING 2019, TEXAS | “Lone female flew in, immediately laying eggs (50) on all available milkweed,” reported Julie Streit-Murphy of Vernon, Texas on March 23, 2019. Read the article. Give people a [...]

JOURNEY NORTH | Read full articleOctober 30, 2017 by Elizabeth Howard“A harmonious parade of monarchs were streaming across the sky. I have not seen such a massive arrival in years,” wrote Estela Romero on October 30th.Follow [...]

Where did the Monarch Yearly Life Cycle diagram come from? Need to explain and credit (is this from your book? great opportunity to plug the book). Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, mei no [...]

PHOTOS: Pato Moreno

PHOTO: Lynn Rosenblatt