Growing milkweed from seed is an easy way to make your garden a monarch landing zone.

Key Points Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies can lay their eggs on and feed from as caterpillars.Other ...

The plant most gardeners buy to save the monarch butterfly is quietly making things worse. Every spring, nurseries and ...

One of California’s most iconic animals is in trouble. “Based on our very initial count, it’s looking like this year is either going to be the second- or third-lowest on record, unfortunately,” Scott ...

Why Do Monarch Butterflies Swarm? Monarch butterflies, like other butterfly species and birds, must migrate to warmer climates during the cold winter months. Monarch butterflies are unique because ...

The incredible, migrating monarch butterflies have arrived in Michigan after several generations spent weeks flapping their ...

Find out what you should and shouldn’t do to safely support and help monarch butterflies in your own backyard.

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Wilson said there are a number of reasons why the monarch butterfly has been declining, including major die-off during storms, cold weather, the lack of milkweed plants between Me ...

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