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

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

Alonso notes that the most important thing anyone can do, especially in the U.S., is plant milkweed native to where they live ...

It is too early to get a good sense of the population health of the monarchs — peak migration season is November through ...

“They need six weeks of cold, moist stratification. What I usually do is make a paper towel sandwich with seeds in the middle ...

Every spring, gardeners wait for a familiar flash of orange wings to glide into their yards. Monarch butterflies, the symbols ...

From a simple article stating a not-so-simple fact, Carmel Dupuy of Cottonport took a giant step. “I read that the monarch ...

Monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains make up the “western population,” with most heading to California and some continuing ...

When crime runs rampant in a community, the tendency is to blame law enforcement, no matter how understaffed and underpaid.

I always delight in seeing monarchs, those orange-and-black beauties dipping and swooping through the year. But this year, I ...

Local Monarch butterfly expert Karen Oberhauser discusses migration to Mexico, population decline and the push to make ...

A walk through Windsor’s fields reveals how milkweed, dandelions and cattails model a subtler, enduring kind of power—one ...