It's estimated that we need as many as 1.8 billion more milkweed plants across the U.S. to help save the monarch butterfly. However, well-intentioned gardeners have been making the common mistake ...

The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its ...

Late last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took an important step toward putting the monarch butterfly on 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 ...

Monarch butterfly populations have declined nearly 95% since the 1950's, mainly due to habitat loss. The Deschutes Land Trust ...

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ... Monarch butterflies use only milkweed as the food plant for their larvae. They cannot sustain their existence without it. Many varieties of milkweed ...

Butterfly weed, a form of milkweed, provides monarch caterpillars ... Purple coneflower is a native perennial that you must plant in every monarch-friendly garden. Its thick, upright stems ...

Citizen scientists are called on to help with tagging monarch butterflies and find out why their numbers are dropping.

The colorful black and orange wings dazzle kids and parents alike, as do the fat striped caterpillars that feast on milkweed plants. But an alarming decline in state monarch butterfly populations ...

FILE - A monarch butterfly on milkweed in bloom ... Gardeners can also plant milkweed, the main food source for monarch caterpillars. “It’s really an all-hands-on-deck effort that’s required ...

We take the graceful beauty of the monarch butterfly for granted. This iconic species undertakes one of the world’s greatest ...