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.

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University ... Planting flowering ...

There's more to the journey of monarch butterflies than you may know. Study this monarch migration map to see the route the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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

milkweed, have declined by 90% since 1992. In June 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced the monarch butterfly had joined the Red List of Threatened Species as ...

About a week ago, several monarch caterpillars were busily munching on the native narrowleaf milkweed I’d planted in my backyard in the San Francisco Bay Area to provide habitat for the imperiled ...

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