The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar ...

PACIFIC GROVE — Monarch butterfly numbers are down this year entering prime counting season, but experts aren’t panicking yet. “Butterfly populations are bouncy,” said Isis Howard, an endangered ...

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 ...

TIME FOR SUNDAY GARDENER, AND WE ARE ON A ROAD TRIP TODAY. WE’RE HERE AT THE LEDOUX TOPIARY GARDENS IN THEIR BUTTERFLY HOUSE, AND I’M HERE WITH CARRIE ENGLE AND ALSO SHERIFF PEDRICK. AND YOU ARE THE ...

In 'The Butterfly Affect' immersive performance, CU Boulder Professor Beth Osnes guides participants through the butterfly life cycle to inspire people to participate in 'climate solutions' Climate ...

In the meadows of southern Colorado, a new life begins. Under the leaf of a bog violet, near shallow groundwater, a butterfly flutters her brown wings and lays her eggs. The underside of her wings are ...

The egg hatches into a caterpillar, whose main job is to eat and grow rapidly, often consuming its own eggshell first for nutrients.