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 ...

The making of the chrysalis is complete. 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 ...

The Monarch’s journey begins as a tiny ... shedding its skin five times. It then forms a chrysalis, a jade-green cocoon flecked with gold, where its body liquefies and transforms.

The king of butterflies is under threat, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is proposing a “threatened” classification ...

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

“Nothing beats seeing that look of wonder when they see a monarch butterfly emerge from a chrysalis,” Pulscher said “It’s a small miracle every time.” ...

“We just have a fun time looking at the butterflies and picking up our chrysalis.” Monarch Watch’s butterfly tagging event at the Baker University Wetlands is set for 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sep ...

The monarch butterfly, with its striking orange and black markings, has become a beloved species. But it’s struggling to survive. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an ...

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 ...