We have been encouraging our backyard milkweed to grow ever since we moved over five years ago. I have friends who have issues with the aggressive growth of milkweed. We don’t have this problem. We ...
The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed. A monarch butterfly gliding over a field on ...
The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.
MONTEZUMA — "It's so weird!" said 7-year-old Mason Spears of Montezuma as he petted a monarch caterpillar with his index finger. "It's soft." Six-year-old Morgan Tyre petted it, too, wrinkling her ...
An international collaboration to track individual monarchs kicked off this fall, including James Madison University.
LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The iconic monarch butterfly, known for its striking orange and black coloration, migratory patterns, and love of milkweed, was recently proposed for federal protections by the ...
When the air starts to get cold, Lauren Davidson, Director of the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Cockrell Butterfly Center, gets dozens of calls from worried Houstonians who want help from an ...
BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Lauri Juday stooped down to inspect the leaves of a common milkweed plant and then shouted, “I’ve got one.” She was leading a group of student volunteers to find and collect ...
It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...
In late 2024, a tagged monarch named Lionel migrated from New Jersey to Florida, logging thousands of detections along the ...
On a piercingly sunny morning in mid-June, there was a dizzying amount of activity in the front garden of a home in San Diego’s College Area, owned by a woman named Sara. But you had to look closely ...
The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa, and ...