The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed. A monarch butterfly gliding over a field on ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is working hard to help restore the monarch butterfly’s habitat and food source during National Pollinator Week, and they ...

WILLMAR--The monarch butterfly is a welcome summer visitor to Minnesota, but in the past few years the butterfly population has suffered severe setbacks. Weather, lack of habitat in its wintering ...

On June 8, more than 250 milkweed plants were planted by Three Rivers Land Trust staff and volunteers to improve habitat quality and food resources for local monarch butterfly populations. Several ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Monarch butterflies have recently been internationally designated an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. With Massachusetts known to ...

Milkweed is the only thing that monarch caterpillars eat, and where adults lay their eggs. NEBRASKALAND MAGAZINE/NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION Milkweed is crucial for monarch butterflies.

Say the word “butterfly” to any younger Generation Xer, millennial, or older Zoomer, and any number of songs may immediately ...

New evidence identifies 64 pesticide residues in milkweed, the main food for monarch butterflies in the west. Milkweed samples from all of the locations studied in California’s Central Valley were ...

WASHINGTON -- A major effort is underway to save the beautiful Monarch Butterfly. The population of the famous black, orange and white insects has dropped 80% in the last two decades and was recently ...

If you've always wanted to curate your own monarch butterfly garden but have been unsure of where to start or how to snag supplies without breaking the bank, we've got some good news for you. You ...

In 2020, around Thanksgiving, a total of fewer than 2,000 monarch butterflies were counted at around 250 overwintering sites where they have traditionally been counted in the state of California. A ...

Oliver Milman is the author of The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World, which is available now from W. W. Norton. In the depths of the Californian winter, an ember of hope ...