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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is working hard to help restore the monarch butterfly’s habitat and food source during National Pollinator Week, and they ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Plant some milkweed in your yard this year — and you can help save the monarch butterfly. Monarch butterflies, well-known for their unique migration from across the United States ...

On June 8, more than 250 milkweed plants were planted by Three Rivers Land Trust staff and volunteers to improve habitat quality and food resources for local monarch butterfly populations. Several ...

Milkweed is the only thing that monarch caterpillars eat, and where adults lay their eggs. NEBRASKALAND MAGAZINE/NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION Milkweed is crucial for monarch butterflies.

WASHINGTON -- A major effort is underway to save the beautiful Monarch Butterfly. The population of the famous black, orange and white insects has dropped 80% in the last two decades and was recently ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Monarch butterflies have recently been internationally designated an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. With Massachusetts known to ...

New evidence identifies 64 pesticide residues in milkweed, the main food for monarch butterflies in the west. Milkweed samples from all of the locations studied in California’s Central Valley were ...

Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are ...

In 2020, around Thanksgiving, a total of fewer than 2,000 monarch butterflies were counted at around 250 overwintering sites where they have traditionally been counted in the state of California. A ...