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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Monarchs across the continent face mounting threats, chief among them vanishing milkweed, the host plant for the insect’s ...

Peggy Campbell-Rush is an educator on the First Coast. She's now studying the monarch butterflies' migration in Mexico. It ties into her passion for Buddy Check.

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 ...

"You have this caterpillar that weaves this beautiful ... Midwest Habitat Coordinator for the joint venture. The 2023 Midwest Milkweed Plug Giveaway, for instance, was the joint venture's first ...