In the past two decades, the monarch butterfly population east of the Rocky Mountains has declined by 87 percent. That’s due in part to the fact that the only plant that monarchs lay their eggs on – ...

Growing milkweed from seed is an easy way to make your garden a monarch landing zone.

LANSING, MI – Milkweed is not a weed. Milkweed is a native plant and a keystone species critical for the survival of the beloved monarch butterfly, another keystone species crucial for its pollinator ...

There is good news about the monarch butterfly migration this year. It looks like the number of butterflies that made it to their overwintering grounds in Mexico has nearly doubled compared to last ...

From behind the driving wheel of his pickup truck, Don Guinnip turned the ignition key, flipped on the A/C and immediately rolled down the windows. The sticky, midsummer air barely budged even as cool ...

Monarch butterflies must grow where they’re planted (or, rather, laid) but David De La Mater says if he were a monarch caterpillar with a choice, he’d pick a nice stand of milkweed in New England. De ...

A Monarch butterfly feeds on a milkweed plant. (NOLA.com|The Times-Picyaune archive) A new butterfly garden at Camp Salmen Nature Park in Slidell is experimenting with varieties of milkweed to see ...

Butterfly fans, take a breath. I know it’s officially spring and we’re all pounding on nursery doors, anxious to plant some California native milkweed to help the endangered Western monarch butterfly ...

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