On June 25, 2024, in Florida, USA, @skylerstelz shared an amazing video of performing a delicate wing-repair surgery on a monarch butterfly. In the video, the author replaces the damaged portion of ...

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I have not seen where the Hempfield Township supervisors, in their infinite collective wisdoms and forethoughts, saved the monarch caterpillars’ chrysalis and milkweed before leveling the ground for ...

A hair stylist from Ithaca, New York, is imploring the world to save Monarch butterflies. Known as the Monarch Butterfly Lady, Rose Cochran's enthusiasm began 18 years ago while cutting her cousin ...

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 ...

An expert has confirmed what backyard gardeners and amateur naturalists have been saying for weeks: There are fewer monarch butterflies in Illinois this summer. At the national Monarch Larva ...

You can support butterflies by doing these things: garden with natives and nectar plants; offer host plants; don’t use ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Marvelous Monarchs: The butterflies are free - all you need is patience and milkweed George Carlin once observed that "the caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity." Not ...