If you want to draw in pollinators year after year in the spring, consider planting these colorful flowers and creating your ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...

Monarch butterflies have multiple generations in a year, including the final one, which migrates south to wintering grounds ...

A monarch butterfly lands on milkweed at Sun Valley Elementary School in San Rafael on July 29. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Caterpillars eat milkweed leaves. (AP Photo/Herald Times ...

Milkweed is vital for monarch butterflies, serving as the only plant for laying eggs and feeding caterpillars. Five of Wisconsin's 13 native milkweed species are listed as endangered, threatened, or ...

Monarch butterfly populations have declined to critically low numbers over the past 20 years, and it appears to be related to the increased use of tropical milkweed in our gardens and public spaces.

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on the alarming decline of western monarch butterflies in California, with efforts underway to ...

Conservationists and horticulturalists are encouraging gardeners to plant native milkweed species to support declining monarch butterfly populations. While milkweed is the only host plant for monarch ...