The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. We love to look at butterflies because of their beauty and colors, but you can also enjoy a close look ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from tiny ...

The egg hatches into a caterpillar, whose main job is to eat and grow rapidly, often consuming its own eggshell first for nutrients.

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 ...