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 ...

Most of us learned about butterfly metamorphosis as a kid—a wriggly caterpillar molts its skin to form a tough chrysalis and emerges as a beautiful butterfly. But how exactly do chrysalises stay ...

Students learn more than just sequencing. The resource introduces metamorphosis, the scientific terms larva and pupa, and basic butterfly anatomy, including head, thorax, abdomen, antennae, wings, and ...

What happens when an insect undergoes metamorphosis? Scientists from the University of Manchester used micro-CT scanning to discover. Thanks to the magic of dissection, we have a pretty good idea of ...

While gazing absentmindedly at shrimp plants in my wife's garden, I was suddenly aware of a newly emerged butterfly unfurling its wings to dry out in the sun. The small, quarter-size butterfly with ...