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 ...
Its yellow flowers are not only a sight to behold but also extremely inviting to monarchs and other pollinators. Butterfly weed, a form of milkweed, provides monarch caterpillars with the ...
It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion. “It was a complete accident, ” said the Buccaneer Point ...