Twice a month, on Thursday mornings, Tad Yankoski listens for a doorbell. A priority package that left Costa Rica three days earlier is due at the Butterfly House in Chesterfield by 10:30 a.m. When it ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Over the next two weeks, nearly 1,500 Blue Morpho Butterflies will emerge from their chrysalises and venture forth into the ...

The butterfly looked plain, almost like a moth, as it rested on newly placed mulch at the Santa Ana Zoo. Having recently emerged from its chrysalis, its 2-inch folded wing blended into the brownish ...

The Blue Morpho butterfly, a stunning creature from Costa Rica, is known for its large size and vivid blue upper side. But there's more to that blue than just beauty. And as the Museum of Life and ...

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It’s no exaggeration to say that the Butterfly House is like no place else on earth. The Chesterfield attraction imports chrysalises from tropical-butterfly farms in the Philippines, Ecuador, Malaysia ...

“Butterfly wrangler” Kim Zsembik shows off a Blue Morpho butterfly perched on a popsicle stick before its release into the Butterflies Alive! exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Some creatures can't pick sides, like this half-male, half-female leopard lacewing butterfly. Dual-sex animals like this one, called gynandromorphs, are also found in birds and crustaceans. This ...

THERE'S a new heavyweight amongst the contenders that jostle for your wallet in this tourist Mecca. Amidst the aquariums and the wax museums, the aerial cable cars and the historic monuments, just ...

Red, white and blue butterflies? What else can you expect when Memorial Day coincides with Butterfly Wonderland's annual birthday celebration? During the Happy Third Birthday celebration on May 28-30, ...