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Monarch butterflies, which are among the most iconic insects in North America, are increasingly plagued by a debilitating parasite, according to a new study. The research, published recently in the ...

Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...

Explore the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and ways to help monarch butterflies. Explore the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and ways to help monarch butterflies.

Assistant research scientist Andy Davis with a monarch buterfly under a microscope in his lab at the Ecology Building on campus. (Andrew Davis Tucker/ University of Georgia Photographic Services) (CN) ...

Zoë Short observes a monarch butterfly at LaPrele Park in Laramie. Short, a University of Wyoming 2023 spring graduate from Douglas who received her bachelor’s degree in zoology, was the lead author ...

Every year, swarms of majestic monarch butterflies take wing in a massive autumn migration from the northern United States to a small region near Mexico City — except for a wayward population that ...

It is Monarch migration time! The fifth generation is beginning their long trip to their Mexican overwintering grounds in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve on the border of Michoacán and State ...