Skip to content
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Menu
  • Happy Health
  • Happy Mindset
  • Animal Wonders
  • About Us
    • Team
  • Subscribe
Happy News

The Internet Is Rooting For This Butterfly

When a woman brought a stranded monarch butterfly with a broken wing to the Sweetbriar Nature Center in New York, wildlife rehabilitation director Janine Bendicksen had to think fast and try something nobody had ever attempted before. She found a dead monarch in her vivarium that could serve as a donor and carefully transplanted its wing onto the injured butterfly using contact cement, cornstarch, and a tiny piece of wire to hold the delicate creature down. The procedure was so intricate that Bendicksen worried the butterfly could fall apart if she pressed too hard, but luckily butterfly wings have no nerve endings or blood vessels in the upper sections. She recorded the groundbreaking surgery on the center’s social media page, where it went viral with over a million views of people watching this tiny insect receive the most delicate helping hands.

The response was immediate and global, with Bendicksen’s phone ringing off the hook from entomologists in Minnesota, Costa Rica, and California who had never seen anything like it. To her knowledge, this was the first time anyone had ever tried to transplant a butterfly wing onto another butterfly, turning what could have been a certain death into a second chance at completing the famous migration from Mexico to Canada. Bendicksen told reporters that this butterfly would have died if they didn’t try, and that we need hope in this world today. The success proved that sometimes the smallest acts of care can inspire millions and show that every life matters, no matter how tiny.

PrevPreviousWhat This Team Did On Penguin Awareness Day Will Save The Species
NextThrift Shop Discovery Became A Massive Historical FindNext

Recent Articles

Happy News

Scientists Just Proved That Your Brain Can Dream While You Are Wide Awake

May 11, 2026

A study from the Paris Brain Institute, published in Cell Reports, has overturned something most people take for granted: that dreaming and waking are two cleanly separate mental states, each with their own type of thoughts. Researchers monitored 92 adults using EEG caps as they drifted into and out of

Read More
Happy News

A Kitten Found Covered Head To Tail In Industrial Glue Just Made A Full Recovery And Has A New Home

May 11, 2026

When a good Samaritan in Fort Worth, Texas, discovered a small kitten stuck in a bucket of industrial-strength glue near an industrial area in April and rushed him to the Humane Society of North Texas, shelter staff were not sure the tiny animal would survive the night. The glue was

Read More
Happy News

The FDA Just Gave Pancreatic Cancer Patients Early Access To A Pill That Doubled Survival Time

May 11, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized early expanded access to a new pill called daraxonrasib, developed by Revolution Medicines, giving patients with advanced pancreatic cancer a chance to receive the experimental treatment while it awaits full regulatory approval, in a move the agency completed just two days after receiving

Read More
« Previous Next »
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
  • Unsubscribe
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2026 HappyNews.