As July sunlight pokes through the trees, a butterfly egg rests gently in Wojciech Poreba’s palm as he sifts through milkweed leaves at Hamlet Park in Cottage Grove. At age 25, Poreba has four years ...

It’s National Pollinator Week, an annual event created to bring attention to the sharp decline in pollinator numbers due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Butterflies often capture ...

HERE’S KCCI ALYSSA GOMEZ WILMER HOEKSTRA IS 99 YEARS OLD, BUT SHE’S LOVED MONARCH BUTTERFLIES SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL. I WAS KIND OF A BUG KID. WE WOULD CATCH LITTLE CREATURES AND KEEP THEM IN ...