Like many other insects, a single female monarch can lay hundreds of eggs. And because milkweed still is readily available ... The proposal notes that private citizens have a unique opportunity to ...

Like many other insects, a single female monarch can lay hundreds of eggs. And because milkweed ... to help rescue a threatened species by raising butterflies – but this could be counterproductive.

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 ...

But monarchs cannot survive without milkweed, as they eat only milkweed, and it is the only plant on which monarch butterflies will lay their eggs. Shifting priorities in land management has ...

In 1976, Auld started working at her family business, Barber Laboratories, where she started a learning room to showcase the live butterflies, moths and beetles she was raising. Auld retired in ...

Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved to add the monarch butterfly to its endangered ... plants they rely on as a place to lay their eggs. Other perils include exposure to insecticides ...