You see monarch caterpillars, you see monarch butterflies — but why don't you see a monarch chrysalis? Here's what makes them ...

PINE RIVER — Doris Nelson's mistake helped approximately 600 monarchs successfully make the transition from caterpillar to stunning butterfly. The retired nurse and her husband, Larry, live north of ...

From the day I bought my first milkweed plant to the day my last monarch flew the coop a month later, I was wholly consumed by the magic and mysterious science of a monarch butterfly's lifecycle. It ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – From a distance, trees draped in monarch butterflies would glow orange and flutter in the sunlight. In the 1980s, overwintering sites along the California coast would attract ...

The community organization Alas Mayas (Mayan Wings) has detected a new migratory route for the monarch butterfly that crosses ...

Last year when the Monarchs were migrating, I wondered where the rest of the butterflies spend the winter. After some research, it seems that it depends on the butterfly because some do not migrate.

NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is encouraging wildlife enthusiasts to help Monarch butterflies on their yearly flight south to warmer climates. In New York, ...

Monarch butterflies undergo a complete metamorphosis, or a four-part life cycle. Life begins as a tiny egg, which soon hatches an elfin larva, or caterpillar. The caterpillar does much of the heavy ...