In New York, veterinarians at the Sweetbriar Nature Center helped a monarch butterfly live on by performing a wing transplant ...

When a wounded monarch butterfly arrived at a Long Island wildlife center this summer, its chances of survival looked grim.

A broken wing almost ended a monarch butterfly's journey on Long Island, but a wing transplant gave it a second chance to fly ...

New York City veterinarians performed a wing transplant procedure on a monarch butterfly in a video that's since gone viral.

The wing was in perfect shape," said Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at the Sweetbriar Nature Center ...

The one easy part was that butterfly's have no nerve endings in their upper wings. There are no blood vessels either.

An injured monarch butterfly was given a second chance at life after undergoing a delicate wing transplant at a Long Island ...

An injured monarch butterfly is flying again thanks to an unusual procedure at a Long Island preserve that has captured the ...

While butterfly wing transplants are often discussed within the butterfly rehabilitation community, successfully carrying one ...

A New York wildlife team performed a delicate wing transplant on an injured monarch butterfly, helping it fly again and ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex ...

The fine powder on butterfly wings is actually microscopic scales, crucial for their survival. These scales create vibrant ...