Use this monarch migration map to track the epic journey. Now the adult butterfly is nearly ready to emerge from the ...

Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their ...

They regularly search through the backyard flower garden at their Irwin home for signs of monarch ... hanging chrysalis, preparing to transform into a regal orange-and-black butterfly.

Monarch butterfly have arrived in ... largest butterfly in North America. Their chrysalis looks like a snake, or "bird poop," depending on the stage, Bailey said. Monarchs favor milkweed, but ...

Monarchs’ scientific name, Danaus plexippus, is Greek for “sleepy transformation”: a poetic description of the metamorphosis that happens in the chrysalis stage. Monarch butterflies only flap their ...