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

This plant, butterfly milkweed or Asclepias tuberosa, currently is in its full summer beauty. Butterfly milkweed is a native plant that is tough as nails in the garden. Since the plant is a native ...

Milkweed is a gorgeous native North American species that has multiple benefits for your garden, as well as a special ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in ...

ALEXANDRIA — The National Garden Bureau has named 2025 the Year of Asclepias (milkweed) — and for good reason. This resilient ...

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

Milkweed plants, a favorite food of butterfly larvae, grow within and around the edges of cornfields. Several lines of evidence presented at the conference suggest GM corn presents little threat ...

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

Explore the worrying decline of Monarch butterflies in Texas and the implications for pollination and food production. Learn why preserving these butterflies is vital for a sustainable ecosystem.