For the upcoming Monarch Fest, the Monarch Research Project rears somewhere between 150 and 200 butterflies, which is only a small fraction of the thousands raised at the Marion research ...

“Butterflies!” The cute little 4-year-old boldly shouted when someone asked her where pixie dust comes from. That memory was on my mind on a somewhat drab weekday morning recently as I stepped through ...

An Orland Park, Illinois, woman who raises butterflies in her home hit the monarch migration jackpot: A tiny tag affixed to one of her 2020 butterflies was recovered in the mountainous region of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS - Two local researchers are cranking out thousands of monarch butterflies this summer as ...

SALISBURY — Last weekend, Salisbury had a hand in one of the largest natural migrations taking place across the U.S., and it happened in a flutter. Hurley Park hosted the annual monarch butterfly ...

A monarch butterfly perches on a flower while feeding on nectar at Charlotte Rhoades Park and Butterfly Garden on Aug. 23, in Southwest Harbor. Credit: Courtesy of Aislinn Sarnacki Did you know that ...

There’s only one host plant for a monarch butterfly—milkweed! Choose native varieties for your area such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed and showy milkweed. Create a monarch haven ...