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

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 ...

(via Be Smart) Does any other creature on Earth undergo a life transformation as dramatic as the butterfly? I think not. Unfortunately, children's books about very hungry caterpillars skip all the ...

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, ...