Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant on which monarchs will lay eggs and eat. Milkweed also provides a food source for many other pollinators.

"Complete is such a tough [word] in the natural history world because nothing ever is, but we maintain our native habitats to the best of our abilities." Brumfield encourages residents to plant native ...

Staff at Milberger's Certified Butterfly Garden and area gardeners report that the migrating monarchs have already laid eggs that have hatched. The caterpillars are eating available milkweed.

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the wintering populations declining ...

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Milkweed and wildflowers may soon be a common sight growing around cornfields in an effort to help increase biodiversity in ...

I have been harvesting milkweed seeds for next year’s growth. Would you recommend planting the seeds now to sprout in the ...

OHIO, USA — The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative (OPHI) is collecting milkweed pods due to the decline in the monarch butterfly population and its recent designation as an endangered species.

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have ...

New documentary looks at environmental destruction along the 4,000 km path of the endangered monarch butterfly’s migration ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat, milkweed, ...