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

There’s only one host plant for a monarch butterfly—milkweed! Choose native varieties for your area such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed and showy milkweed. Create a monarch haven ...