The Midwest needs to plant milkweed, and a lot of it, over the next 18 years to ensure monarch butterflies survive, preferably in sufficient numbers to sustain their phenomenal migration. In Illinois, ...

Monarch butterflies, for example, only lay their eggs on milkweed, and milkweed is all monarch caterpillars can eat. Without ...

Where Should You Plant Milkweed? Butterfly gardeners know the importance of milkweed. This plant family is vital to the survival of monarch butterflies, since it’s the only host plant their ...

These amazing creatures spend their summers mating and pollinating in the southern parts of Canada and northern United States ...

Milkweed is an increasingly popular plant for gardens. It’s the primary food source for Monarch butterflies and attracts other pollinating insects as well. Truth be told, I was ahead of the curve on ...

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 ...

Milkweed is vital for monarch butterflies, serving as the only plant for laying eggs and feeding caterpillars. Five of Wisconsin's 13 native milkweed species are listed as endangered, threatened, or ...

MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has named milkweed the 2025 Plant of the Year through its Rare Plant Monitoring Program. The announcement was made Wednesday, ...

On Reddit, the gardener admitted that they have not removed the bush because pollinators love drinking the plant's nectar.

While exploring a patch of Milkweed, Evie came across a cluster of fuzzy, eye-catching caterpillars—Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars. Learn more about these lesser-known residents of Milkweed plants ...

Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the ...