Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

Milkweed, the common name of the genus Asclepias, is an incredibly popular and diverse native plant that grows across the United States, from the Northeast to the Great Lakes to the Southwest. If you ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees while adding color, fragrance and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...

Milkweed is famed for being an important plant for the Monarch butterfly, and it may surprise you to know that late fall is an ideal time to start perennial varieties by sowing outdoors. It does work ...

The orange and black Monarch butterfly is a well known and recognizable species. But in 2022, it was listed as endangered. As a group, these spectacular migratory creatures move about 2,485 miles ...

Populations of these distinctive black and orange migratory insects have been in precipitous decline for the past 20 years, but scientists aren't exactly sure what's causing them to vanish. So far, ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...

Q: I would like to plant some milkweed to help prevent the decline of the monarch butterfly. Is there a certain type of milkweed I should plant? Eric, Tulsa A: There are said to be 73 species of ...

Graduate student Nicole Kuzdzal was driving home one day, brainstorming about a project. Kuzdzal, who is pursuing a master’s in therapeutic recreation and working as a graduate assistant for Outdoor ...