Monarch butterflies need their wings to fly to get food (nectar) and to escape predators. An injured monarch butterfly was taken to Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, Long Island, when it had lost ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife rehabilitation center on Long Island, New York, performed a life-saving wing transplant on a monarch butterfly. The ...

Contrasting patterns can create misleading motion signals, making it hard for predators to judge a butterfly's speed and ...

Local organizations held events for community members to interact with migrating monarchs and contribute to conservation.

Monarchs are being digitally tracked in the region for the first time. The journey could reveal long-held mysteries about the insects’ migration patterns. In the middle of a grassy meadow at Oaks ...

Monarchs are being digitally tracked in the region for the first time. The journey could reveal long-held mysteries about the insects’ migration patterns. A monarch butterfly is fitted with a ...