Monarch butterflies and their epic migrations could disappear unless people take rapid action to protect them. Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a ...

It takes 10 days to two weeks for a monarch to transform from a pupating caterpillar to an adult. “I fell in love with monarchs when I found a chrysalis and watched this butterfly slowly emerge ...

Monarch butterflies have different lifespans depending on when they’ve hatched from their chrysalis. If they reach adulthood ...

February is a month filled with love, reflection, and community spirit. While it brings Valentine’s Day celebrations, it also ...

The kids would watch them transform from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly over the span of a couple weeks. That was only 15 years ago but now there are no caterpillars to be found. What nature ...

Monarch butterflies have declined 80 percent or more in recent decades Each year, eastern monarchs embark on a migration spanning thousands of miles and multiple generations to overwintering ...

“A significant deterioration in numbers was found, according to the survey respondents,” said Martin Visser on behalf of the Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust (MBNZT). “We compared the results of this ...

It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion. “It was a complete accident, ” said the Buccaneer Point ...

Auld retired in 2022, but she's busier than ever now, traveling around the state to give talks and presentations about butterfly gardening. She began "Project: Monarch" in 2014 with a mission to ...