For those of us in Pennsylvania, that means planting common milkweed, butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata). Side note: for those who really love the look of ...

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announces milkweed as the Rare Plant Monitoring Program's 2025 Plant of the Year and encourages planting milkweed to help monarchs.

Despite some conservationists’ concerns, UC Davis researchers show that tropical milkweed has minimal impact on California monarch butterflies’ migratory patterns.

Milkweed is the only plant where monarchs lay their eggs and the only food that monarch caterpillars eat. “Monarch butterflies face several major threats, including habitat loss, pesticides and ...

Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

Michiganders can support monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, tracking sightings, and donating to conservation efforts. Monarch butterflies have begun fluttering across Michigan after a migration ...

Five of Wisconsin's 13 native milkweed species are listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern. Monarchs migrate to Mexico in late fall, where they spend the winter. MADISON, Wis.

Monarch butterflies are returning to Michigan for the summer after migrating from Mexico. Michiganders can support monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, tracking sightings, and donating to ...

Out of the 13 native milkweed species in Wisconsin, five are classified as endangered, threatened, or of special concern. In late fall, monarchs migrate south to Mexico, where they stay during ...