Growing milkweed is one of the most rewarding actions a gardener can take to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on ...

A Pennsylvania butterfly farmer says listing the monarch as a threatened species could do more harm than good.

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...

Butterflies are vanishing nationwide due to habitat loss, climate change and use of insecticides, according to a new study, ...

A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., June 5, 2019. (AP ...

The questions include: What portion of each native milkweed from last year germinated, and of those that germinated, how many survived last winter and resprouted this spring? How many gardeners ...

Among the leading causes of this long-term trend are: Deforestation and forest degradation in the butterfly's overwintering sites Climate change punctuated by episodic extreme weather conditions in ...

“This is a traveling temporary exhibit entitled Monarchs and Milkweed. And it tells the story of how the two species rely on each other for survival. It discusses the migration monarchs go ...