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.

Our expert gardener offers tips to keep your seeds and seedlings in fighting shape for spring, including milkweed and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch ... milkweed—along the migration path won't hurt and may provide a source of nectar for traveling butterflies. "One of the best things ...

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

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

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

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