Should you avoid planting tropical milkweed for monarchs? Find out what garden experts say and find native milkweed varieties ...

In California, the monarchs find their safe haven in eucalyptus trees, Monetery pines, and the Monterey cypress. The ...

What could be more magical than waking up in the morning and discovering a pixie in your backyard? Make that a Red-bordered ...

It can grow up to 4 feet tall, while others may grow taller. Butterflies will appreciate the white and lavender blooms that will grow on each plant. This is a variety of milkweed that you'll want to ...

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.

"Across the board ... everyone is on alert because that eastern population of monarchs has been dwindling by heavy percentages since the 1990s." The decline can be attributed, in part, to the loss of ...

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 ...

The increasing intensity and frequency of extreme heat likely compounds stresses on the iconic butterfly, worrying biologists ...

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.

If you’ve never handled milkweed before, there’s a few things you should know about the native wildflower monarch caterpillars exclusively feed on. Milkweed contains toxins harmful to animals ...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the next few weeks offer a variety for everyone. Online registration ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...