The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes time to reach this stage of its adult life. Understanding a few facts about the process lets you observe it in nature with ease ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Great Neck's Cynthia Zhang and Massapequa's Gia Providente earned the 2025 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.

The monarch butterfly is Illinois' state insect and has held that distinction for 50 years — having been suggested for the honor by third grade classes in Decatur in 1975. But the butterfly is also in ...

FORT ATKINSON — For more than three decades, Karen Albrecht, known affectionately throughout Fort Atkinson as “The Butterfly Lady,” has been raising monarch butterflies.

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A group of UA Little Rock nursing students helped release about 30 monarch butterflies during a surprise classroom activity designed to inspire and educate the future nurses. DeeDee Moline, assistant ...

Olivia Rose speaking at an event honoring her volunteer efforts at the Albany County Executive Office Olivia Rose began her journey as a volunteer and community activist raising monarch butterflies at ...