The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life. Understanding a few facts about the process lets you observe it in nature with ...

Such was the case with my monarch journey. As curious as I was about how the caterpillar made its chrysalis, or what was happening inside of it, I fought the urge to get answers to everything.

Once the cats are more than an inch or so long, they will be nearing the chrysalis stage, and we will move them from their leftover container to a larger enclosure.

The most recognizable and loved butterfly in North America, especially in Pennsylvania, is the graceful, soaring, large monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) with its colorful orange wings… ...

The monarch butterfly is most renowned for its yearly odyssey. Some will travel up to 3,000 miles during their two-way winter journey.

The chrysalis version of the Monarch is pale blue-green with small golden spots. Inside of this shell, the larvae changes into the butterfly that it will soon become.

Ten to 14 days later —the chrysalis turning transparent in the process — a Monarch butterfly emerges; it’s body incomplete, its wings small and crumpled. The Monarch grows, pumps fluid into ...

The monarch, which has an annual breeding pilgrimage from Mexico to Canada and back to sustain its existence, has experienced a dramatic population drop in the last quarter century. In July 2022, the ...

Just hours before post-tropical storm Fiona pummelled many parts of Nova Scotia in September, a monarch butterfly was emerging from its chrysalis on Wanda Baxter's deck.