Monarch Butterfly

As things get chillier in NWA, resident and traveling monarch butterflies will migrate down to the warm forests of Mexico to spend the winter. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis visited the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks to speak with Kitty Sanders, lead volunteer for the garden’s butterfly garden, to get a better understanding of butterfly migration and how we can aid the winged insects in our own backyards.

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Mark Hughes and husband Steve Beacham operate a home hatchery for monarch butterflies, which according to the Center for Biological Diversity, are at risk…

In celebration of the autumnal equinox, the first day of fall this year on Sept. 22, we air a nocturne featuring an ensemble of native forest singers,…

The monarch butterfly could flutter into extinction if federal measures are not taken to protect the iconic insect. Tierra Curry, a long-time monarch…