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A high school student raising awareness about the importance of an iconic North American species through her nonprofit has received top honors in 2025 for her efforts from National Geographic, whose ...

A Conneaut Valley kindergarten class observed the life cycle of monarch caterpillars with help from a local enthusiast. Monarch caterpillars exclusively eat milkweed and go through five molting stages ...

For those interested in the migration of monarchs, Searl recommends the Sept. 8 monarch migration event planned at the Lakeside Nature Center in Galesburg. The center, at 1033 S. Lake Storey Rd., will ...

A few years ago, after seeing the film “Flight of the Butterflies” at The Wild Center, my daughter started our own monarch habitat. It has been a slow process. Mother Nature has a plan for everything ...

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