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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 ...
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How Raising Monarch Caterpillars Helps Save Their Species
Cole & Jay explain why monarch butterflies are disappearing and how to help raise them.
A Conneaut Valley kindergarten class observed the life cycle of monarch caterpillars with help from a local enthusiast. Monarch caterpillars exclusively eat milkweed and go through five molting stages ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A high school student raising awareness about the importance of an iconic North American species through her nonprofit has received top honors in 2025 for her efforts from National Geographic, whose ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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It's my second year raising monarchs. Here's what happened when a devastating parasite took hold
From the day I bought my first milkweed plant to the day my last monarch flew the coop a month later, I was wholly consumed by the magic and mysterious science of a monarch butterfly's lifecycle. It ...
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