Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly -- compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Now, experts have found ...

Monarch butterflies have distinctive orange-and-black wings with small white spots. And it's those spots that recently caught the attention of a group of scientists. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce ...

Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly. Compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Now, experts have found ...

There’s only one host plant for a monarch butterfly—milkweed! Choose native varieties for your area such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed and showy milkweed. Create a monarch haven ...

The arrival of monarchs in the Northeast is one of nature’s most beautiful spectacles. Their grueling journey pays off, but ...

Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a sprinkling of white spots around the black edges. Those white spots may actually help monarchs complete ...

Monarch butterflies with more white spots on their mostly orange-and-black wings are more successful at long-distance migration. Some scientists... Monarch butterflies' white spots may help them fly ...

Researchers find that the white spots on the wings of monarch butterflies may help them fly farther. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on June 21, 2023.) Monarch butterflies have distinctive ...