其中，迁徙型的黑脉金斑蝶（Danaus plexippus plexippus)首次被列入了濒危物种红色名录。 过去几十年间，尽管蝴蝶守护者们尽了很大的努力，黑脉金斑蝶 ...

为探究昼夜和夜行昆虫活动时间差异的分子机制，中科院等机构研究人员以黑纹夜蛾（Agrotis ipsilon，BCW）和帝王蝶（Danaus plexippus）为对象开展研究。结果发现两者核心生物钟基因保守，但代谢和光转导基因表达存在差异，该研究有助于理解昆虫行为适应的分子 ...

With their bright orange hues and lengthy migration, monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are one of the world's most iconic insects. But their population has steadily dropped in recent decades ...

The listing of migratory monarchs (Danaus plexippus plexippus) on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species comes as no surprise. Monarch numbers have plummeted more than 95% since the 1980s.

Considered one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles, millions of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)—at one time likely billions—travel some 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles ...

The iconic North American monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus plexippus was recently listed in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species, signalling that its ongoing decline could lead to extinction.

It turns out that warming temperatures don't just affect the monarch, Danaus plexippus, directly, but also affect this butterfly by potentially turning its favorite plant food into a poison.

Claim to fame: These orange-and-black butterflies are well-known for their eye-catching color and for their fascinating migrations each September. Species status: Monarch butterflies are found ...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a group headquartered in Switzerland that tracks species and extinctions, added the migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a Switzerland-based conservation organization that monitors the status of wildlife, added migratory monarchs (Danaus plexippus plexippus ...