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

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

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 ...

Last month, Abigail Nixon released into her Wayburn backyard the last of 16 monarch butterflies she raised to maturity this summer after collecting them as eggs off milkweed in the alley behind her ...

Monarch caterpillars feed almost exclusively on milkweed plants within the genus Asclepias ... understand how these temperature changes will likely affect monarchs throughout their life cycle, as they ...

As the native plant movement grows, more people are creating biodiverse habitats at home. But they're clashing with neighbors ...

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 from ... and increased planting of nonnative tropical milkweed— milkweed is the only plant on which monarchs ...

In the wake of changing climates, butterfly lovers have been concerned ... When they arrive in Vermont, monarchs expect fresh milkweed to eat and lay their eggs on, but between delayed travel ...