Press Releases

March 6, 2025 – Butterfly Pavilion Contributions to New U.S. Butterfly Decline Study

February 27, 2025 – Butterfly Pavilion Site Announcement

February 21, 2025 – Butterfly Pavilion Celebrates 30 Years

February 20, 2025 – Butterfly Pavilion Unveils New Exhibit, Legacies: Invertebrates of Mexico

February 20, 2025 – Butterfly Pavilion Revela una Nueva Exposición

February 7, 2025 – 2025 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders Recognition

January 28, 2025 – Butterfly Pavilion and Government of Mexico Join Forces to Safeguard Monarch Migration

January 23, 2025 – Romance is Wild Returns this February

January 9, 2025 – New Grant Fuels Butterfly Pavilion’s Expansion of Healing Gardens

December 5, 2024 – Unwrap the Magic of the Holidays at Butterfly Pavilion this December 

November 26, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Secures Historic AZA Grant to Lead Global Monarch Conservation 

November 21, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Named Leave No Trace Gold Standard Youth Program 

November 1, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Launches “Monarch Magic” Exhibition Blending Culture and Conservation, November 8 – 30, 2024

August 21, 2024 – Spiders Around the World Returns September 21

July 2, 2024 – Companies Commit to Butterfly Pavilion’s New Sustainability Initiative

July 1, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Introduces New Ambassador Tarantula

June 18, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Announces New Leadership

June 10, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Partners with Bureau of Land Management

June 29, 2024 – Join our Second Annual Pollinator Palooza Festival at Butterfly Pavilion

May 17, 2024 – Governor Signs Landmark Legislation at Butterfly Pavilion Recognizing Invertebrates as Wildlife in Colorado

May 4, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Partners with Ronald McDonald House of Denver to Offer Families Free Access to Invertebrate Zoo

April 24, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion’s Grand Debut: “Origins: Building Life” Exhibit Unveiling on May 3

April 17, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion Invites Everyone to Participate in Colorado Butterfly Monitoring Network

March 18, 2024 – Biomed Realty and Butterfly Pavilion Join Forces to Cultivate Biodiversity

February 27, 2024 – Butterfly Pavilion and Colorado State University Announce New Partnership

December 7, 2023 – Snuggle Up for Science – Join Butterfly Pavilion’s Pajama Days for an Unforgettable Adventure!

November 1, 2023 – Butterfly Pavilion Celebrates Annual “Monarch Magic” Blending Cultural Traditions and Conservation efforts, November 3 – 30, 2023 

September 15, 2023 – September 18th Event Celebrates Exciting Partnership Between Butterfly Pavilion and Denver Premium Outlets Offering Free STEAM Education Programming and Recognizes the Importance of Pollinators 

September 5, 2023 – Crawling this October – Butterfly Pavilion’s Limited-Time “Spiders Around the World” Exhibition

August 30, 2023 – Butterfly Pavilion Receives National Award and Grant from National Environmental Education Foundation, with Support from Toyota, for Innovative Urban Prairies Project to Enhance Pollinator Habitat Across Colorado’s Front Range

July 3, 2023 – Dr. Rich Reading, VP of Science and Conservation, Newly Appointed as Vice Chair of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission  

June 21, 2023 – City of Manitou Springs Becomes the First Certified Municipal Pollinator District in the World

May 31,2023 – Butterfly Pavilion and Denver Premium Outlets Announce  
New Pollinator Partnership  

May 12, 2023

Butterfly Pavilion Announces New Season of Community Science Programs

May 10, 2023 – Butterfly Pavilion Introduces New Habitat Gardening Basics Workshop

May 1, 2023 – Butterfly Pavilion Celebrates Moms and Pollinators This Mother’s Day Weekend

April 1, 2023 – Butterfly Pavilion Announces Two-Month Pollinator Palooza Celebration with Events for Everyone and New Pollinator Place Exhibit 

February 15, 2023 – Butterfly Pavilion’s Pollinator Habitat Development Model Adopted by Park Hill Golf Course

January 23, 2023 – Butterfly Pavilion Introduces New Habitat Gardening Bootcamp Series

December 12, 2022 – Marlon Reis, Named Honorary Board Chair at Butterfly Pavilion (butterflies.org)

October 30, 2022 – The strand, turks and caicos collaborates with butterfly pavilion to support pollinator conservation 

October 22, 2022 – Butterfly Pavilion Celebrates Monarch Butterflies with the Return of “Monarch Magic” November 1 – 30, 2022

August 10, 2022 – Butterfly Pavilion Continues Education Scholarship Program That Helps Low-Income Students and Title I Schools Engage with Nature and Wildlife (butterflies.org)

August 10, 2022 – NextFifty Initiative Provides Sizeable Grant to Fund Butterfly Pavilion Program that Cultivates Connection Between Older Adults and the Environment

July 25, 2022 – International Union for the Conservation of Nature | Questions & Answers: What You Need to Know

July 19, 2022 – Governor Polis Appoints Richard P. Reading, Ph.D., Butterfly Pavilion’s VP of Science & Conservation to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission

March 31, 2022 – Butterfly Pavilion Community Science Invites Community Members to Engage in People Powered Conservation Efforts

February 10, 2022 – Butterfly Pavilion Announces First Annual Butterfly Quest Monitoring Project Launching February 22, Inviting Guests to Release their Inner-Scientist

January 3, 2022 – This January, Butterfly Pavilion Releases Hundreds of One of the World’s Largest and Most Beautiful Butterflies – The Birdwing

October 26, 2021 – Butterfly Pavilion Celebrates Monarch Butterflies all November through Monarch Magic

October 7, 2021 – Bug-A-Boo Trick-or-Treating and Spider Pavilion Are Back this October at Butterfly Pavilion

September 28, 2021 – Butterfly Pavilion Celebrates 26 Years of Invertebrate Conservation on Oct. 1 with Gala featuring Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Elizabeth Kolbert