PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – As a middle school teacher in Virginia Beach, Andrea Gengler witnessed kids making the transformation from child to adolescent. Now she has a passion and hobby of raising ...

Monarch butterflies are among the most beloved insects in North America. They are brightly colored and unique, both as caterpillars and later as mature insects. Monarchs are found in every U.S. state ...

Holmen resident Scott Marshall has become a butterfly farmer, raising monarchs in his home. By raising the insects in his home, Marshall is doing his part to ensure more become adults than they would ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Learning in the field was definitely the goal for two northwest Ohio science teachers who went on a field trip thousands of miles away. Their adventure could help save the iconic ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the ...

As July sunlight pokes through the trees, a butterfly egg rests gently in Wojciech Poreba’s palm as he sifts through milkweed leaves at Hamlet Park in Cottage Grove. At age 25, Poreba has four years ...

For those interested in the migration of monarchs, Searl recommends the Sept. 8 monarch migration event planned at the Lakeside Nature Center in Galesburg. The center, at 1033 S. Lake Storey Rd., will ...

My friend Diana, who has a degree in wildlife management, got into raising monarch butterflies back in 2020. She knew the statistics on the dwindling numbers of these gorgeous/iconic butterflies, did ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly population, newly-released research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly ...

Great Neck’s Cynthia Zhang, 17, was always interested in nature, but it was a moment witnessing the metamorphosis of a monarch butterfly that led to her pursuing her own environmental action. “It’s ...