Monarch Butterfly

Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and suburban butterfly gardens.

Carbondale joins a North American network of cities in signing the pledge.

Each year, Monarch butterflies make an amazing journey from the United States and Canada to a secluded, mountain sanctuary in Mexico.In this original…

A group of 16 Illinois organizations and agencies have teamed up to help the monarch butterfly survive.

The future of Illinois' official state insect is in doubt.The Monarch butterfly has seen its population decline by 80 percent over the past ten years,…

The decline of the monarch butterfly population has led researchers to look for reasons why. A popular theory is the loss of milkweed, the only plant on...