It is too early to get a good sense of the population health of the monarchs — peak migration season is November through ...

The Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, Long Island, receives hundreds of calls daily, with many seeking advice on injured ...

“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 ...

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 ...

This surgery was a total metamorphosis! An injured monarch butterfly with a ripped-off wing is able to fly again thanks to a first-of-its kind transplant at a nature preserve on Long Island. The ...

A broken wing almost ended a monarch butterfly's journey on Long Island, but a caring hand and a clever idea gave it a second chance to fly again. At the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, experts ...

Monarchs pass through West Texas in an annual migration pattern, making Merkel one of their regular stops along their journey towards Mexico. Throughout the years, many residents have grown to love ...

A volunteer gives instructions on how to properly hold a monarch butterfly at the Baker Wetlands on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025.

Monarch butterflies undergo a complete metamorphosis, or a four-part life cycle. Life begins as a tiny egg, which soon hatches an elfin larva, or caterpillar. The caterpillar does much of the heavy ...