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The Cole Family Monarch Conservation Center and Butterfly House at the Greensboro Science Center is now open. This family friendly attraction is open to all ticketed visitors, and features many butterflies indigenous to North Carolina, along with many from around the world.

FOR ALL FAMILIES GO OUT AND ABOUT. >> WARMER WEATHER MEANS ITS BUTTERFLY SEASON AT THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE. ENTER THE COLE FAMILY, MONARCH CONSERVATION CENTER AND BUTTERFLY HOUSE AT THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER IS NOW OPEN. IT. I THINK PEOPLE LOVE THE MOST ABOUT THE COLE FAMILY. MONARCH CONSERVATION CENTERED BUTTERFLY HOUSE IS THAT THEY CAN SEE NATIVE BUTTERFLY SPECIES AND THE ENDANGERED MONARCH SPECIES UP CLOSE AND THEY CAN LEARN HOW THEY CAN HELP AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THEIR VERY OWN BACKYARD. FOLKS CAN WALK-THROUGH THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE. THEY CAN SEE THESE NATIVE SPECIES UP CLOSE. THEY CAN SEE THE PLANTS THAT WE'VE PLANTED. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE A MIXTURE OF NON NATIVE SPECIES AND NATIVE SPECIES PLANTS THAT THEY CAN PLAN THEIR VERY OWN BACKYARD AND THOSE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES LIKE THE ENDANGERED MONARCH. ANYBODY WATCHING ANYBODY WHO VISITS THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE OWNER CAN HELP ENDANGERED MONARCH BY PLANTING COMMON THEY HAVE SWAMP MILKWEED. THERE'S DIFFERENT SPECIES OF OAK BEACH THAT YOU CAN COMING UP. IT IS THE BEST TO PLANT FOR THE MONARCHS TO BE ABLE TO LAY THEIR EGGS ON. AND FOR THE LITTLE CATERPILLARS TO MUNCH ON. IN ADDITION TO THE 7 SPECIES THAT WE HOSTED LAST YEAR, INCLUDING THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY. WE'RE ALSO ADDING 9 NEW SPECIES ON 3 OF THOSE THAT WILL BE ADDING OUR LUNA MOBS. RED SPOTTED PURPLES AND BUCKEYE BUTTERFLIES. ALL OF THE SPECIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE SCIENCE IN OUR OUR NATIVE SPECIES TO NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE ALSO GOING TO 2 SPECIES OF MOTHS WILL HAVE THE LUNA MOTH AND THE SUCKER OPIUM OFF, WHICH IS THE OFF IN NORTH AMERICA. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER VISITORS COME HERE DURING THE DAY AND THEY SEE THE BUTTERFLIES FLUTTERING AROUND, ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THE MOB. SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK ODDS AS BEING A NOCTURNAL SPECIES, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE MAVS ON THE WALLS AND THEY'LL BE ASLEEP WITH THEIR WINGS KIND OF SPREAD OUT ON WILL BE VERY BEAUTIFUL. IN ADDITION TO THE THE BUTTERFLIES FLYING AROUND FLUTTERING ABOUT, I GUESS IS WASHINGTON. ADMISSION TO THE COLE FAMILY MONARCH CONSERVATION CENTER AND BUTTERFLY HOUSE IS INCLUDED WITH GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET TO THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE. ENTER OR A GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER. MEMBERSHIP HOURS ARE 10:00AM TO 04:00PM AND IT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH THE FALL. SO GUESTS CAN SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL NATIVE BUTTERFLY AND MOTH SPECIES UP CLOSE AND THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO PUT CONSERVATION INTO ACTION JUST BY PLANTING MILKWEED AND OTHER NECTAR RICH PLANT IN YOUR YARD. YOU CAN ATTRACT MONARCHS AND OTHER NATIVE SPECIES. JUST LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE COLE FAMILY, MONARCH CONSERVATION CENTER'S BUTTERFLY HOUSE, THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE ENTER. TO LEARN MORE AND TO PLAN YOUR VISIT. VISIT GREENSBORO, SCIENCE DOT ORG.

See butterflies at Greensboro Science Center

The popular Butterfly Exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is re-opening for Memorial Day weekend.  That comes after closing the popular room for a few years due to the pandemic.

LEAVES ABOUT 700 VEHICLES THAT HAVE TO BE SHIPPED BACK TO VIETNAM TO CORRECT THE SOFTWARE GLITCH. THE BUTTERFLIES ARE BACK AND LOOKING QUITE BEAUTIFUL. THE POPULAR BUTTERFLY EXHIBIT AT THE NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES IS REOPENING TOMORROW JUST IN TIME FOR ALL THAT RAIN THAT COMES AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE POPULAR ROOM FOR A FEW YEARS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AS WRAL'S CHRIS LOVINGOOD SHOWS US. IT'S FAR MORE THAN JUST BUTTERFLIES. WALKING INTO THIS BUTTERFLY ROOM IS LIKE A TRIP INTO A STEAMY JUNGLE. EXACTLY. IT'S A IT'S MODELED AFTER A TROPICAL DRY FOREST CURATOR ANDY KAUFMAN SAYS THEY HAVE ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES. SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THERE'S PROBABLY 200 BUTTERFLIES AND HEAR THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY >> REALLY GET A KICK OUT OF THAT. GETTING CLOSE TO A BUTTERFLY OR BUTTERFLY, POSSIBLY LANDING ON THE BUTTERFLIES ARE NOT ALONE. THEY FLUTTER WITHOUT FEAR AMONG TO WOULD TURTLES AND EVEN A SLOT. SO I'VE GOT SOME FOOD READY. AND I THINK YOU'LL COME DOWN FOR US. >> HE MOVES A BIT SLOW, BUT EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET TO HIS DAILY BUFFET. AND THIS IS ROMAIN SQUASH ZUCCHINI. APPLES, ORANGES, CARROTS. >> AND SOME KIND OF PRIMATE BISCUIT INCH AND I CAN DIE. MOST CREATURES PREFER KEEPING RIGHT SIDE UP, FLOSS, YOU KNOW, SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME UPSIDE DOWN. HE'S JUST DESIGNED TO BE IN THIS TREE LIFESTYLE. THAT'S ARBOREAL LIFE. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR IS A REAL TARANTULA WHO LEFT HIS OLD HOME. SO THIS IS A MALL FROM A TRANCHE LA. SO THIS ANIMAL IS STILL ALIVE. BUT IT MULTA THAT'S ITS EXOSKELETON TO GROW. YOU CAN SEE HIS OLD EYES AND EVEN HIS FANGS. AND WE DO HAVE A SCARLET KING SNAKE NATIVE TO NORTH CAROLINA. LOOK SIMILAR TO THIS ANIMAL. BUT THEY ARE MIMICKING A CORAL SNAKE. THEY MIMIC A VENOMOUS SNAKE. SO THEY'RE NOT VENOMOUS OF VISITORS WILL ENJOY A SAFE ADVENTURE IN THIS SPECIAL JUNGLE. AND CHRIS LOVINGOOD, WRAL NEWS ON AVERAGE BUTTERFLIES ONLY LIVE ABOUT 2 WEEKS. THE MUSEUM GETS A REGULAR SHIPMENT OF THEM BEFORE THEY EMERGE FROM THEIR CHRYSALIS. I SAID I TOLD MY SON ONE DAY LIKE TO COME OUT OF A CUCKOO NEOS TO HAD TO AGAIN AT THE MUSEUM WELCOMES BUTTERFLY ROOM. VISITORS STARTING TOMORROW. ENJOY KIDS. KNOW THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

NC Museum of Natural Sciences reopens Butterfly Room 

NC Museum of Natural Sciences reopens on Memorial Day Weekend Butterfly Room

The popular Butterfly Exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is re-opening for Memorial Day weekend. That comes after closing the popular room for a few years due to the pandemic.

NC Museum of Natural Sciences reopens Butterfly Room on Memorial Day weekend after long pandemic closure

Popular Butterfly Exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is re-opening

The space, as its unofficial name implies, is also home to as many as 200 live butterflies. 

'Butterfly Room' to reopen at NC Museum of Natural Sciences 

North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences

Learn all about native species of butterflies (or try your luck at becoming one!) at the Greensboro Science Center.



THE ICONIC MONARCH BUTTERFLY. HI, WELCOME TO THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER. WE'RE CURRENTLY STANDING IN THE COLE FAMILY, MONARCH CONSERVATION CENTER AND BUTTERFLY HOUSE. >> OUR BRAND NEW BUTTERFLY HOUSE IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR GUESTS TO COME IN AND GET TO EXPERIENCE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AND A VARIETY OF NATIVE SPECIES OF BUTTERFLY. >> WE HAVE 7 DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT LIVE IN THE THEY RANGE FROM 10 TO LADIES IN AMERICAN LADIES TO LARGER BUTTERFLIES LIKE GIANTS. WELL, IT TELLS AND TIGERS, MOTELS, AND OF COURSE, THE ICONIC MONARCH BUTTERFLY. SO BETTER 5 HAVE A LIFE CYCLE THAT HAS DIFFERENT PHASES. HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE ALL PHASES HERE IN THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE HOST PLANT. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY SEE ADULTS RIGHT LOVE FLYING BUTTERFLIES ON THE PLANTS AND SOMETIMES ON THE GROUND. WE MAY SEE EGGS ON THE PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HOST PLANTS. IF WE HAVE A WE WILL HAVE CATERPILLARS. SO WE'LL SEE CATERPILLARS HERE CONSUMING THOSE HOST PLANT. THERE MAY BE CHRIS LIST FOR THE COCOON PHASE ON THOSE HOST PLANTS. BUT IF NOT, THERE ARE CHRISTMAS IN OUR CHRYSALIS CHAMBER, WHICH IS A SPACE THAT YOU SEE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE GARDEN. >> SO WE CALL IT OUR CONSERVATION CENTER. IN ADDITION TO A BUTTERFLY HOUSE. AND WE DO SO BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGE AND THE STORY THAT WE'RE TELLING IN HERE. >> POLLINATORS ARE IN DIRE NEED OF HELP, PARTICULARLY THINGS LIKE OUR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND THIS FACE SHOWS OUR GUESTS WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD IN A POT ON THEIR PATIO. WHATEVER IT MAYBE YOU CAN HELP THESE BUTTERFLIES BY HAVING EITHER HOST PLANS OR JUST NECTAR RIDGE PLANS BECAUSE THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED THOSE 4 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE. >> MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE ONE OF OUR SAFE SPECIES. AND SAFE IS AN ACRONYM FOR SAVING ANIMALS FROM EXTINCTION. KNOCKS A FASCINATING BUTTERFLIES. THEIR ICONIC EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BEAUTIFUL, LARGE ORANGE AND BLACK BUTTERFLIES. BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN THEIR NUMBERS DECLINING OVER THE YEARS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE IS TO SHOW THE STORY OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LIFE PHASES AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND HELP THEM THE PLANTING THOSE POLLINATOR PLANTS PLANTING MILKWEED OR ASSISTING IN MONARCH HELPS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS WHERE YOU CAN COUNT MONARCH CATERPILLARS OR THE ADULTS AND SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION TO A GLOBAL DATABASE. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF JUST HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL OUT THERE. WE HAVE MORE THAN JUST BUTTERFLIES TO SEE. WE HAVE AUGMENTED REALITY. WE HAVE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES PRIOR TO REACHING THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE WHERE YOU CAN DO A DIGITAL COLORING OF A BUTTERFLY. YOU CAN WATCH VIDEOS ABOUT THE MONARCH'S LIFE CYCLE. IN ADDITION TO VISITING THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE, WE HAVE OUR AMAZING BUTTERFLIES MAZE, WHICH IS A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE WHERE GUESTS OF ALL AGES CAN TRY THEIR LUCK AT GETTING THROUGH THE MAZE, LEARNING WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AS A BUTTERFLY. WHAT DO THEY SMELL? WHAT DO THEY SEE? HOW DO THEY FLY? WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE? >> AND GET THAT EXPERIENCE AND TRY TO GO THE RIGHT WAY TO AVOID THINGS THAT MIGHT BE I DON'T KNOW TOXIC OR PREDATORS. AND WHILE YOU'RE IN THERE, WE ENCOURAGE GUESTS TO TOUCH AND EXPERIENCE. IT WAS JUST FUN AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE WHERE WE ASKED JUST TO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING BUTTERFLIES MAY BUT WE ASK YOU TO NOT TOUCH THEM. THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE DOES HAVE A CAPACITY. SO WE DO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR GUESTS TO DOWNLOAD THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER APP PRIOR TO ARRIVING. THE APP IS NECESSARY TO GET IN A QUEUE TO ENTER THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE. YOU ALSO USE THE APP FOR THOSE FUN ACTIVITIES LIKE THE AUGMENTED REALITY. SO WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING THAT. BOTH THE BUTTERFLY HOUSE AND THE AMAZING BUTTERFLIES MAZE ARE INCLUDED WITH OUR GENERAL MISSION. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE OUR GUESTS TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE PRIOR TO VISITING AT GREENSBORO, SCIENCE DOT ORG.

Visit butterflies at the Greensboro Science Center

Wake County is one of the most monarch-friendly places in the United States -- and it's mainly due to the hard work of a Holly Springs teacher and her third grade students. 

US ON THE CANES. ROADS AROUND TOO. AHEAD IN SPORTS. A GROUP OF HOLLY SPRINGS 3RD GRADERS GOT A BIG HONOR THIS WEEK. >> STUDENTS AT PINE SPRINGS PREP WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR WORK TO MAKE WAKE COUNTY. ONE OF THE ARE NOW MONARCH FRIENDLY PLACES IN THE COUNTRY. THE STUDENTS, BUT THE YEAR CARRYING OUT A LETTER CAMPAIGN WRITING CAMPAIGN THAT IS THE EFFORTS RESULTED IN ALL 12 WAKE COUNTY TOWN SIGNING ON THE MAYORS, MONARCH PLEDGE. THE MAYORS FROM KNIGHTDALE FEW QUAY GARNER. AND WHEN DALE CAME TO THE CEREMONY TO HONOR THE

Holly Springs students honored for conservation efforts 

Third-graders honored for helping make Wake County one of the most monarch-friendly places in the US 

Katie Thompson, a global education teacher at Pine Springs Prep, releases monarch butterflies 

Butterflies seem gentle as they flutter from plant to plant. But some may be more murderous than you imagine. Naturalists recently witnessed several species of milkweed butterfly harassing, subduing and subsequently feeding on milkweed caterpillars, presumably to get their fill of toxic alkaloids inside the larvae.

Milkweed Butterflies Are More Murderous Than They Look

RESTRICTED -- Milkweed Butterflies Are More Murderous Than They Look

The November warmth is prolonging a colorful show at the Jersey Shore. Monarch butterflies, a natural tourist attraction in Cape May Point, are being seen again after a recent cooldown.

Yeah. With that weather in early November, we thought the migration was done. This is like a special gift, actually, for us because, you know, this whole year, I think for everybody has been a little bit difficulty. There we go.

Raw: Warmer temps keeping butterflies around 

Warmer temps keeping butterflies around

With a pollinator garden slated for the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and a major milkweed donation made to the Eastern Band of Cherokee tribe, BASF plans to create or expand pollinator habitats and spread awareness of their importance across the state.  

Two BASF-supported projects aim to support pollinators across NC

BASF : Spotlight : Monarch Butterfly

The caterpillar of the monarch butterfly thrives on milkweed, a poisonous plant that's deadly to many.  A team of researchers announced last week they had pinpointed three genetic mutations that allow caterpillars to live off the plant. 

How butterflies evolved to thrive on milkweed and become 'flying poison'

It is one of nature's glorious sights -- the autumn migration of monarch butterflies.

Bill Leslie: Monarch migration

Bill Leslie got a glimpse of monarch butterfly migration this week at Campbell Road Nursery in Raleigh.



Monarch butterflies an amazing sight at Raleigh nursery

As the climate warms, there will be winners and losers in the insect world.

Bees, butterflies could suffer as the world warms

Monarch butterfly at NC Zoo's new butterfly garden

A seal at the Oregon Zoo was fascinated by a butterfly that visited its enclosure. 

Seal befriends butterfly at zoo

Dozens of people came together Sunday to release butterflies to honor the victims of the October shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival.  58 people died and 851 were injured when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers.