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 ...
Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...
Each summer, monarch butterflies begin an extraordinary journey. They travel 3,000 miles across parts of the U.S. and Canada all the way to central Mexico. Undeniably, an impressive feat, and one of ...
Milkweed is a fantastic plant for pollinators, and one particularly adored by Monarch butterflies. But the Monarchs' population is declining, and gardeners need to stand up and do whatever they can to ...
Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable butterflies in North America. But they're in trouble. Monarch caterpillars can only eat the leaves of ...
Yes, we have monarch butterflies in the Inland Northwest, but they aren’t common. Monarch butterflies are an iconic representative for pollinator conservation. Much has been written about preserving ...
PETOSKEY, MI – Lauri Juday carries around little packets of common milkweed seeds and gives them to anyone who promises to plant them. That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed plants to ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve ever dreamed of having a magical butterfly garden, you’ve likely considered pollinator-friendly ...
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 ...
You can support butterflies by doing these things: garden with natives and nectar plants; offer host plants; don’t use ...
OREGON HOUSE – First graders in the Yuba County community of Oregon House are planting hope for monarch butterflies, one milkweed at a time. These first-grade students at Yes Charter Academy have ...