“The wing was in perfect shape," said Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, N.Y. New York City veterinarians performed a wing transplant ...

Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a sprinkling of white spots around the black edges. Those white spots may actually help monarchs complete ...

NEW YORK — A Long Island nature center used a dead butterfly's wing to help another butterfly continue its life and migration. The Monarch butterfly in question was brought in by a Good Samaritan with ...

Skyler Stelz and her husband stumbled upon a striking monarch butterfly with a damaged wing, and they quickly realized there might be a way to give it a second chance. Despite knowing that the ...

Explore every stage of the butterfly’s life cycle in vibrant close-up, from egg to adult. Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly is a 56-minute narrated film that unfolds along the ...