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 ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

I’VE TALKED ABOUT monarch butterflies before in this column, but a couple of things happened recently that inspired me to talk about them again. Plus monarchs always make me think of grammar school, ...

For years, planting milkweed was the go-to way to help monarchs. Now, scientists say it may be fueling a parasite that’s ...

In many cultures, butterflies symbolize transformation and resurrection ... just like it did with my February monarch butterfly. When they received a visitation from the butterfly, they immediately ...