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 ...

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Local author Jocelyn Lacey has published her fifth children’s book, Michael’s Journey from Caterpillar to Butterfly, a story ...

One of the best-loved sights outside is a brightly colored butterfly. Surprisingly, the life of the showy butterfly depends on the humble, inconspicuous caterpillar that precedes it. Fritillaries, ...

Volunteers plant hundreds of milkweed plants in hopes of supporting the dwindling Western monarch population in California.

If you’re like most well-intentioned gardeners, you might give a lot of thought to planting the “right” plants to nourish ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from tiny ...