From cocoon to butterfly Proto-planetary nebulae represent the transition phase between the last stages of a red giant star’s life and the later planetary nebula phase where most of the star’s ...

The stunning photographs that capture the magical moment a delicate butterfly emerges from its cocoon A Spanish artist recorded the two-tailed pasha butterfly emerging from its pupa after waiting ...

"CRL 618 is evolving so rapidly that we can literally watch through Hubble's eyes the hatching of one of these heavenly butterflies from its dusty cocoon," says ESA.

The self-guided tour begins with a stop in the 3-D theater, then it's on to the Chrysalis Lab, where people can watch a butterfly hatch from a cocoon and take flight.

Butterfly pupae are easy targets for predators in search of an easy protein-rich meal, and one would think that the flashier the cocoon, the higher the chances of being spotted and eaten, but the ...

One of the most pervasive myths about butterfly metamorphosis is the belief that caterpillars weave a cocoon around themselves, inside of which they magically transform into butterflies. In ...