Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their ...

Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. have dropped to just 9,119 this year. In 2023, the count was 233,394, meaning a 96% decline.

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 lay their eggs on milkweed leaves. Three to five days later, the eggs hatch into caterpillars, which grow and molt several times before generating a chrysalis in which they ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...

This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

VERNON — Vernon is an entry point for monarch butterflies migrating north from their ... The kids would watch them transform from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly over the span of a couple weeks.

Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love. Flowers have long been symbolic of that special connection between people.

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

Monarch butterflies are among the most beloved insects in North America. They are brightly colored and unique, both as caterpillars and later as mature insects. Monarchs are found in every U.S. state ...

Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...

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 ...