For a naturalist, living in Texas definitely has its share of fringe benefits. The diversity of the flora and fauna that can be observed here is nothing short of amazing. One of the amazing feats of ...

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The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa, and ...

Most anyone who lives in the great state of Texas is familiar with the heroic journey that the Monarch butterfly makes every year, as well as the beauty that species possesses. Yet there is a smaller, ...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... hundreds of thousands of monarch butterflies migrating overhead? The dazzlingly colored monarch butterflies are in the midst of the species' annual migration, ...

Monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered, but 'there are signs of hope.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Thursday ...

It happens to every nature enthusiast at least once. You spot an orange butterfly with black markings hovering around a pretty flower and say, “Oh, look, it’s a monarch!” Except, on closer inspection, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. San Francisco, CA – Today, California State Parks Foundation released a new analysis of data that confirms the importance of ...