The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in ...

G rowing milkweed is one of the most rewarding actions a gardener can take to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on milkweed as the sole host plant for their caterpillars, and without it ...

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

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

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

In 2023, more than 16,000 butterflies were counted at one local grove. The most recent count was a tiny fraction of that.

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

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

Everyone can do something to support the monarch butterfly population, Howard said. If you have a garden, Howard recommended planting native milkweed or nectar plants that bloom during the fall ...

The monarch butterfly was first petitioned to be listed ... Testing by the Xerces Society and the University of Nevada-Reno found that milkweed leaves, the main food source for the monarch ...

If you let the fruit sit in wet soil, it can rot. In 2024, 210 Central Texas Gardeners attended seven free classes to learn ...

Monarch butterfly numbers at Pismo Grove have dropped significantly this year, according to the nonprofit Xerces Society’s ...