A monarch butterfly is ready to emerge from its chrysalis in the Kalispell garden of one of landscaper Kathy Ross' clients last August. (Photo by Kathy Ross) A monarch butterfly caterpillar, about two ...

A blue clipper butterfly from Asia rested on flowers inside the conservatory at the Powell Gardens Festival of Butterflies. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star Inside Look is a Star series that ...

Karen Richards / KLCC A small nonprofit in rural Douglas County is a key player in monarch butterfly research and conservation on the West Coast. The Elkton Community Education Center houses a replica ...

After growing up inside a “grass taco,” a grass skipper butterfly emerges and woos a mate. As a caterpillar, a grass skipper butterfly is an architect. It builds its home by weaving silk, which the ...

On a warm Saturday morning in late May, a group of people gathered at the trailhead of Snow Mountain Ranch, the 2,000 acre-shrub steppe habitat managed by Cowiche Canyon Conservancy west of Yakima. A ...

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 ...

Every year, the tiny orange-and-black monarch butterfly embarks on a journey spanning thousands of miles — a migration so epic it rivals that of any bird. But today, monarch butterflies are ...

What started as a simple summer exhibit has just earned national acclaim. The Butterfly House, nestled within the Bristow Butterfly Garden at Norfolk Botanical Garden, was voted the No. 1 butterfly ...