The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from tiny ...

Monarchs undergo a four-stage life cycle and rely solely on milkweed plants for their egg and caterpillar stages. Monarchs in eastern North America migrate up to 3,000 miles to overwinter in Mexico.

Much has to go right to keep the intricate and precarious life cycle of the monarch butterfly turning. For starters, there is the migration, a six-month process that takes successive generations to ...

Each year, there are four generations of monarch butterflies that take part in the migration north in the spring and summer, then south again in the fall. Each generation takes a leg of the journey ...

Learn which monarch butterfly predators and parasites pose a real threat to their survival, and which are part of the natural ...

The Nature Nook at the Children’s room of the library has been such a big hit this month. A live display of the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly was set up by the Long Hill Garden Club in ...

Pop quiz! How do you fine-tune your observational skills; ignite a sense of curiosity, awe and wonder for the nature world; enhance focus and memory in a world of instant gratification; and instill a ...