The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...

Monarch butterflies depend on human intervention to thrive in the wild, as highlighted by the traveling exhibit "Monarchs and ...

ASGA's vice president of science and innovation told sugarbeet growers the potential listing of monarch butterflies as ...

As the sole plant that hosts and feeds monarch caterpillars, milkweed (Asclepias species) is key to their survival. Happily, wherever you garden in the U.S., there’s a native type of milkweed ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

The natural phenomenon of the iconic monarch butterflies migrating south for the winter is a fascinating one - and it's one ...

Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. have dropped to just 9,119 this year. In 2023, the count was 233,394, meaning a 96% decline.

DeWaard has been finding wonder and awe in monarchs since the 1990s, when she first spotted their caterpillars at her home in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, munching milkweed. She was fascinated and ...

is such a type of milkweed. Female monarchs lay their eggs on the undersides of the leaves, ensuring a food source is available for when the larvae (caterpillars) hatch. As the caterpillars feast ...

Monarchs across the continent face mounting threats, chief among them vanishing milkweed, the host plant for the insects’ caterpillars. The plant has been disappearing before a combination of ...