The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

In fact, the plant is the only food source for some of these butterflies' larvae. Milkweed plants are a great option for those who enjoy butterfly-watching, and they can even help you support ...

Monarch butterflies depend on human intervention to thrive in the wild, as highlighted by the traveling exhibit "Monarchs and ...

As the sole plant that hosts and feeds monarch caterpillars ... Another plus of growing either swamp milkweed or butterfly weed is that, unlike common milkweed, neither needs a period of cold ...

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The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in ...

ALEXANDRIA — The National Garden Bureau has named 2025 the Year of Asclepias (milkweed) — and for good reason. This resilient ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

It’s been a rough year for the migratory monarch butterfly. The colder spring in the upper Midwest negatively impacted population numbers and the butterfly was classified as endangered by ...

Evie Kinkead, a junior at Aptos High School, pitched this story about a project she spearheaded to help monarch butterfly ...