The first of this year's southbound monarch butterflies are arriving at their overwintering grounds in central Mexico, though ...

For years, planting milkweed was the go-to way to help monarchs. Now, scientists say it may be fueling a parasite that’s ...

A large group of gardeners and organizations are working on determining how best to grow native milkweed in the San Antonio area to help increase the population of monarch butterflies. Following is ...

Last year, 90 gardeners participated in the butterfly and milkweed programs supported by Milbergers, DEERC Education Center, Native American Seed Co., Douglas King Seed Co. and the Comal County Master ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has declared milkweed as the department's Rare Plant Monitoring Program's 2025 Plant of the Year on Wednesday, encouraging people to ...

From the day I bought my first milkweed plant to the day my last monarch flew the coop a month later, I was wholly consumed by the magic and mysterious science of a monarch butterfly's lifecycle. It ...

The flitting fiery orange and black wings of the monarch butterfly, which once signaled the coming of spring, have become an increasingly rare sight. The majestic insect's populations on the East ...

Perhaps you’ve read about and noticed the declining numbers of monarch butterflies? If you’d like to help, and you want to attract more monarchs to your garden, consider adding milkweed (Asclepias spp ...

Margaret Drody Thompson does and she’s giving it away with a catch. Please plant, don’t pitch, she advises: A butterfly’s life depends on it. Thompson, 85, is talking about the monarch butterfly, a ...

Nebraska has a new target in mind to help keep monarch butterflies and other pollinators off the federal endangered species list: Grow 125 million new milkweed stems in the state by 2020. That's ...

Following the shorelines of the Great Lakes, monarch butterflies are gradually leaving Michigan as their instincts take them south. Millions of monarchs migrate from Mexico and the Gulf Coast each ...

Common milkweed is an herbaceous perennial that grows in well-drained soils in full sun but will also tolerate poor soils as well. In the summer, they have what appear to be large pink/purple balls of ...