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 ...

Amber has two sons, Dax and Xander. Dax was born in 2018 with Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect. After having open-heart surgery at 11 days old, Dax is now healthy and thriving. Amber and ...

SAVING THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into ...

Maureen Dime’s magical garden in Del Mar has become a welcome spot for hundreds of monarch butterflies. Over the last 13 ...

Hatched as caterpillars, they transform into chrysalises and then, after a week or two, emerge as butterflies — and that's when they do something extraordinary.

Two managers at a San Diego construction project were trying to boost the morale of workers in the middle of the COVID pandemic. In this StoryCorps, hear how some monarch butterflies helped.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the monarch butterfly on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered in July, but despite decades of declining numbers, the delicate ...

Butterfly gardens are a great source of enjoyment. It can be a perfect opportunity to work with children or grandchildren and ...

San Antonio classes teach gardeners to grow native milkweed, supporting monarch butterfly migration and population health. But it's not that simple.

Petersen noted that while mowing might seem counterintuitive, overall environmental management sometimes means cutting plants ...

The Athens Historic Preservation Society along with Bull Creek Common Lands are co-sponsoring "Mighty Monarch Butterflies" on ...