PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - “Captive rearing” is not ideal, but it can be transformative. When an endangered species gets to the point of needing this kind of help, wildlife experts consider it a last ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After five weeks of raising caterpillars into butterflies, PS 23 fifth-grade students watched the winged insects fly into the sky and onto wildflowers during a release at ...

We’re killing butterflies by changing their homes, Rick Mikula warned. “The more asphalt we lay, the fewer butterflies we see. The more wildflowers we replace with hybrids and ornamentals, the fewer ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — A newly emerged Monarch butterfly rests on 8-year-old Beckett Mautner’s nose. Her sister Dexter, 11, has her hands full holding more on as the sun beams on a September afternoon ...

CLARENCE, N.Y. — This Saturday at Bidwell Park in Buffalo, a butterfly release will entertain the young and old alike. But the mission behind the release is to resonate a message of environmentalism, ...

This summer I have been learning more about the wonders of metamorphosis. In early April, I found a caterpillar on a butterfly bush. The caterpillar pupated to become a Chalcedon Checkerspot butterfly ...