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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Like many other insects, a single female monarch can lay hundreds of eggs. And because milkweed still is readily available, monarchs appear to be able to bounce back each year despite fewer numbers of ...

She began "Project: Monarch" in 2014 with a mission to become Louisiana's milkweed seed distributor and installed butterfly gardens in 17 schools. Now, she is spearheading the renewal of the Frank ...

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

The proposal to list the monarch as a threatened species is not a done deal. The FWS invites comments from the general public ...