Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a second ... In just the 9 to 14 days of the larval ...

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a second ... In just the 9 to 14 days of the larval ...

Watch a Monarch caterpillar go through metamorphosis and become a gorgeous butterfly. In this awe-inspiring timelapse, we see what usually takes place over 7-10 days in just under a minute.

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is reconsidering adding protections to the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

In a turn of events, the eastern monarch butterfly population — which was put on the list of endangered species just a few years ago — nearly doubled this year, according to a March report ...

“My favorite butterfly is always going to be the monarch,” Zacur said. “It has such beautiful colors. My favorite caterpillar is the spicebush caterpillar. It almost looks like a tiny little ...