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 most iconic place to see monarchs here in Santa Barbara County is the Goleta Butterfly Grove in Elwood Mesa,” Cusser ...

Painted lady butterflies are flying more than 2,600 miles over the Atlantic Ocean without stopping, one of the longest recorded journeys ever taken by a flying insect. These are painted lady ...

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Citizen scientists and volunteers have counted over 233,300 monarch butterflies across the western United States as part of Xerces Society’s 27th annual count. Despite ongoing efforts to save the ...

The insects make an extraordinary migration to the West Coast each winter. By Soumya Karlamangla The monarch butterflies that come each year to California are, in a word, spellbinding. Up and down the ...