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

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

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

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

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

Outside of the weather, habitat loss and a decline in milkweed and nectar plants has reduced the butterfly population, Howard said. Meanwhile, pesticides dealt a blow to butterflies, too.

The monarch butterfly population spending the winter in the western United States has declined to its second-lowest level in nearly three decades.

Milkweed plants need a full sun location ... growth habit and ease to start from seeds makes them a powerful duo for butterfly gardeners seeking a quickly flowering nectar source and host ...