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 ...

Most of us learned about butterfly metamorphosis as a kid—a wriggly caterpillar molts its skin to form a tough chrysalis and emerges as a beautiful butterfly. But how exactly do chrysalises stay ...

The Monarch whisperers. That’s what Daniel and Renae Brausen of Little Falls have been called by many. It all started about ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. We love to look at butterflies because of their beauty and colors, but you can also enjoy a close look ...

A plump caterpillar hangs upside down, and seconds later a monarch butterfly pumps its wings to life. This timelapse captures ...

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 ...

Caterpillars and butterflies have been a part of classrooms since the very beginning of a child’s schooling. At an early age, almost every kid knows that a caterpillar will eat leaves, cocoon itself, ...