Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is debating how to protect the monarch butterfly, but local Houstonians can help too.

The monarch’s fascinating lifestyle is studied by children of all ages. Its metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly ... The glossy dark green foliage makes a beautiful screen or background ...

Monarch caterpillars have distinctive white ... the skin splits at the head one last time and falls away to reveal a green structure that hardens into a smooth, waxy shell flecked with gold.

People and farmers could continue to remove milkweed, a key food source for monarch caterpillars, from their gardens, backyards and fields but would be prohibited from making changes to the land ...

People and farmers could continue to remove milkweed, a key food source for monarch caterpillars, from their gardens, backyards and fields but would be prohibited from making changes to the land ...

They can plant patches of native milkweed, the host plant and only food source for monarch caterpillars. They can raise the butterflies by placing monarch larvae and chrysalises on milkweed ...

The colorful black and orange wings dazzle kids and parents alike, as do the fat striped caterpillars that feast on milkweed plants. But an alarming decline in state monarch butterfly populations ...