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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...