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 ...

Raising butterflies from the larval stage to the adult stage can be a satisfying and educational hobby. It allows you to observe the amazing transformational metamorphosis at home within the safety of ...

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As July sunlight pokes through the trees, a butterfly egg rests gently in Wojciech Poreba’s palm as he sifts through milkweed leaves at Hamlet Park in Cottage Grove. At age 25, Poreba has four years ...

PORT BYRON, Ill. — Kindergarten at Riverdale Elementary School always means one thing: monarch butterflies. It's a longstanding tradition to teach a unit about the winged insect as students learn ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Learning in the field was definitely the goal for two northwest Ohio science teachers who went on a field trip thousands of miles away. Their adventure could help save the iconic ...

As I wrote in an earlier Naturewatch, "waystations" for monarch butterflies and other pollinators fill in necessary gaps, and allow for increased success of species on the edge. One grammar school and ...

Monarch butterfly numbers in Pacific Grove have drastically decreased this season, causing concern among scientists and conservationists. The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History reports low count ...

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