Like its close relative the Monarch, the Queen is a poisonous species of butterfly, said to be quite bitter and distasteful. As such, the Viceroy, another species of butterfly, has adapted to look ...

As David Ono's daughter Kaia demonstrates, anyone can play a role in protecting the monarch butterfly, a majestic but diminishing species that migrates through California.

The Viceroy Butterfly (Basilarchia archippus) is well known for its mimicry, or having the appearance of, the Monarch Butterfly. However, throughout most of Texas it more closely resembles the ...

The monarch butterfly population has plummeted by 80% in the last two decades. “And so finding monarchs, even larvae, is a bigger deal than it was even five years ago,” Christopher said.