Recent border-wall construction degraded another 20 acres of habitat that were proposed for protection last year to the point that they were unsuitable for the plant and withdrawn from designation.

That's because milkweed provides vital food and breeding habitat for monarchs. As the news that monarchs are at risk has ...

As scientists stress the importance of providing as much of this valuable plant as possible, gardeners often ask: Does ...

She called monarch butterflies a "canary in the coal mine" for pollinators and the ecosystem, a warning more needs to be done ...

I have not seen where the Hempfield Township supervisors, in their infinite collective wisdoms and forethoughts, saved the monarch caterpillars’ chrysalis and milkweed before leveling the ground for ...

About a week ago, several monarch caterpillars were busily munching on the native narrowleaf milkweed I’d planted in my backyard in the San Francisco Bay Area to provide habitat for the imperiled ...

Tropical Milkweed is a popular ornamental plant featuring bright orange and yellow flowers. It is often planted in yards to attract the iconic monarch butterfly, which lays its eggs on the ...

However, there’s a strong mission among ecologists to revive them. One technique is building monarch way stations, which are ...

Anne Stires is always doing something to improve the environment in Verona. Her latest? Collecting milkweed seeds from the ...

Trent points to other states like Tennessee and Ohio that already seed their roadsides and highway rights of way with milkweed and other wildflower seeds to create more pollinator habitat ...