Tag: Butterfly Pavilion
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Weekend things to do in Denver and beyond
SATURDAY Put on your costumes and follow Miles the mascot around the halls at Empower Field at Mile High for the Broncos Trick-or-Treat. $10. For families and young goblins ages 4-12. Time slots: 9:30-11a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; 1:30-3 p.m. Tickets: denverbroncos.com/fans/trickortreat THURSDAY Halloween fun aplenty at the 5th annual Drive Thru Harvest Fest Trunk or Treat to benefit Special…
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Monarch Menagerie with 400 butterflies, Rosie the tarantula stars of the formal Butterfly Pavilion gala
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Rosie the tarantula, 400 butterflies, an Upside-Down Jellyfish and a Thorny Devil Stick Insect were just a few of the unique and special features welcoming 500 guests at the Butterfly Pavilion’s fundraising Butterfly Ball. 1STBANK Center in Broomfield had been transformed into a beautiful world of science and education for the formal gala Sept. 30.…
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Tarantu-love: Saving Colorado’s ‘charismatic’ spider
This time of year on the Southeastern plains of Colorado, hundreds of tarantulas emerge out of their dirt-caked homes at dusk and crawl for miles in search of a mate. Not much is known about the behavior of these eight-legged creatures, but last weekend, a team of scientists from the Butterfly Pavilion made the trip…
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A butterfly oasis just beyond Denver
WESTMINSTER • A little more than a year ago in this Denver suburb defined by box stores and high-rise apartments and hotels, Shiran Hershcovich walked into a world of butterflies. It was a 7,200-square-foot space of exotic greenery. Sunlight splashed through the canopy and mist sprayed, glistening like the Technicolor wings of beauties from all…
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LIFE | A butterfly oasis just beyond Denver
Into its 27th year, the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colo. is proud to call itself the only invertebrate-focused zoo of its kind accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Invertebrates are said to account for 94% of the world’s entire animal kingdom. That, along with their documented demise, underscores the importance of Butterfly Pavilion’s…
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Monarch butterfly counts rise in Colorado and beyond, but extinction concerns remain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An iconic winged beauty feared to be on the verge of extinction was spotted more around the West last year, including in Colorado. In summarizing 2021 findings from its seasonal, decades-old count of black-and-orange-striped monarchs, it was a “surprising and remarkable outcome,” read a recent…