Young children are often taught that caterpillars form a chrysalis and transform into butterflies. However, the exact details of metamorphosis aren’t always clarified due to the complicated biological ...

At an early age, almost every kid knows that a caterpillar will eat leaves, cocoon itself, then emerge as a butterfly. We take for granted this fascinating metamorphosis that almost seems like ...

Tumblr user oddity-txt, a 16-year-old from Georgia, originally posted a picture of his friend on Tumblr. Tumblr They met on his way to school, and he named it "Chicken Nugget." ...

Papilio is an enthusiastic and adventurous caterpillar. Then she's a blob of goo, hanging out in her chrysalis. Her main goal ...

For example, monarch butterfly caterpillars can fit on a pencil eraser when they hatch. But in a matter of weeks, they'll get more than five times longer and nearly a 1,000 times heavier ...

The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly usually happens quietly, inside a firm opaque husk that protects the pupa as it slowly forms its showy wings. Back in 2015, at a summer course in ...

Online sales of caterpillar kits are booming, and the chance to watch an insect turn into a butterfly has caught the imaginations of every age group in the age of social distancing.

As children, many of us learn about the wondrous process by which a caterpillar morphs into a butterfly. The story usually begins with a very hungry caterpillar hatching from an egg. The ...