The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa, and ...

Students in Clari Timmins’ Spanish classroom had adopted six caterpillars and watched as they transformed from crawling ...

Some monarchs fly 3,000 miles to reach Mexico, where the insects overwinter. Fall-blooming plants supply essential pollen for monarchs. Monarchs east of Nebraska spend the winter in Mexico. Michael ...

On the surface, it was just a simple lesson about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, a celebration of the last step in a journey toward freedom, of sorts — their migration to Mexico. Under the ...

— The 10th annual Alloway Township School Butterfly Parade kicked off here Friday afternoon, culminating with the release of more than 150 monarch butterflies. This year, grades pre-kindergarten, ...

— Dressed for the occasion, students of Alloway Township School marched in their 11th annual Butterfly Parade on Thursday. In one of the highlights of the celebration, parents and family joined the ...