This is great news for the nearly-extinct monarch butterflies, which will pass through the area as they migrate back to ...

After 600 seeded containers of six native milkweeds and three years of classes, here's where the Native Milkweed Project in ...

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.

The Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District is the local collection station for mature common milkweed seed pods in Lucas ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Scientists have learned that Monarch butterflies flying through Maryland, on their migration to Mexico, are not getting ...

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

Learn more › Butterflies, like bees ... Examples of such plants include zinnias, coneflowers, and milkweed. Montgomery explains, “Double-flowering varieties make it difficult or impossible ...

The charismatic monarch butterfly is migrating through the Lone Star State, as the species heads to Mexico for winter.

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. The Tennessee Department of Transportation wants to change ...