A Clock Inside the Antenna The monarch butterfly does not simply fly toward the sun. That would leave it hopelessly off course as the sun arcs across the sky from east to west. Instead, the butterfly ...

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 ...

THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. The dozen butterflies were flying gracefully over a beach in French Guiana when Gerard Talavera spotted them. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...