Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch, said that three butterfly larvae will be sent into space, and would be observed throughout their development. Students in more than 425 schools across the ...

The larva then molts to reveal an opaque, blue-green chrysalis adorned with gold dots. At normal summer temperatures, adult morphology develops within a few weeks. The cuticle of the chrysalis becomes ...

The monarch butterfly is widely recognized and widely dispersed across North America and it's in trouble. Federal officials ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar ...

Overwintering grounds on the California coast and Mexico have been destroyed. Milkweed plants, which monarch larvae and caterpillars feed on, have been torn out for sidewalks, tennis courts and crops.

The effect of red imported fire ants was studied by enclosing established fire ant colonies in a large Igloo, introducing prey, and monitoring predation.