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Download the Monarch Watch mobile app today to participate in Monarch Watch community science projects and submit your monarch tagging, recovery and calendar data!

By creating and maintaining a Monarch Waystation you are contributing to monarch conservation, an effort that will help assure the preservation of the species and the continuation of the spectacular …

Monarch Watch is an education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migration.

We have been receiving questions about our thoughts related to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as threatened 4 (d) under the Endangered …

The monarch's migration is driven by seasonal changes. Daylength and temperature changes influence the movement of the monarch. In all the world, no butterflies migrate like the monarchs of North …

Download the Monarch Watch mobile app today to participate in Monarch Watch community science projects and submit your monarch tagging, recovery and calendar data! Now available for iOS and …

Shop Monarch Watch's official store for monarch butterfly rearing kits, waystation certification, milkweed seeds, tagging kits and educational materials.

Monarch populations are even more vulnerable in their overwintering sites. The sites have very particular environmental characteristics, and they are threatened by human activities in both Mexico …

A monarch's first short flight soon after emergence allows them to reach a dark and protected spot where they rest the remainder of the day unless disturbed. They don't feed, they just sit.