Some research indicates that certain types of milkweed such as Asclepias Curassavica the tropical variety sold at home ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

Ensuring your milkweed gets plenty of sunlight will lead to healthier plants and more monarch visitors. Control Pests Naturally While milkweed is generally hardy, it can attract pests such as aphids.

Scientists are grappling with a stark population decline of the western monarch butterfly after the species’ numbers hit a ...

You may be aware that Monarch butterflies are endangered. This is due to the loss of habitat and the use of pesticides.

The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline. Volunteers with the Xerces Society's midseason monarch count, ...

You may be aware that Monarch butterflies are endangered. This is due to loss of habitat and use of pesticides. Gardeners can counteract both of these problems. In the plains ...

Listing a species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act ... 2023 that also found no evidence of population decline in monarchs, or in common milkweed, the butterflies’ main larval host plant.

Thogmartin and other researchers have evaluated more than 200 scenarios for restoring greater than 1.3 billion stems of ...

Plant potatoes Feb 1. Dig a trench at least 1 foot deep and place a piece of seed potato with at least one sprout every 2 ...

Earlier this month, federal wildlife officials announced they will add species protections for monarch butterflies, which are dying because of pesticides, habitat loss and climate change.