Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

For 28 years, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has counted monarch overwinter populations along the ...

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

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its ...

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

It's hard to believe that milkweed has nearly disappeared from Vermont's landscape in just a few short years. In the Green Mountain State, corn crops are everywhere and along the edges of those fields ...

The monarch butterfly population spending the winter in the western United States has declined to its second-lowest level in nearly three decades.

February is a month filled with love, reflection, and community spirit. While it brings Valentine’s Day celebrations, it also ...

Only three molecular changes are needed for fruit flies to digest milkweed toxins Gene-edited fruit flies have gained some of monarch butterflies’ superpowers — specifically, the ability to ...

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 ...

They've proven, through scientific research, that the caterpillars that eat the tropical milkweed develop smaller wings, so they're less able to do the long-distance migration flight.