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PINE RIVER — Doris Nelson's mistake helped approximately 600 monarchs successfully make the transition from caterpillar to stunning butterfly. The retired nurse and her husband, Larry, live north of ...

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 ...

VERGAS, Minn. — A rural Vergas, Minnesota, boy has the best summer story ever, ahead of returning back to school in Perham. The second grader has spent several weeks raising and releasing monarch ...

If you know about monarch butterflies, you’ve probably also learned about — or even witnessed! — their incredible life cycle. Take a look at milkweed plants during summer months, and you might spot an ...

All the Monarch butterfly actors and props were on the stage: A grassy meadow, red, yellow and blue pollinator flowers, ample milkweed and a soft, Southern Indiana evening. Some 82 lightly caged ...