The decline of milkweed due to urban development and agricultural practices directly impacts monarch butterfly populations.

A diverse butterfly garden offers many benefits, but creating one where the winged insects will return takes diligent work.

Don’t give up. It will eventually come up, then quickly grow and set blooms. Butterfly milkweed begins flowering in June, and the flowers will last a month of more. The best part is that this ...

Wildlife officials are considering adding the monarch butterfly, which migrate to California's coast each fall, to the ...

Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard ...

Indigenous environmental advocate Nichole Keway Biber agreed and said native milkweed plants are actually quite beautiful if allowed to grow until blooming. “I call them Michigan lilacs,” she ...

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...

Tropical Milkweed is a popular ornamental plant featuring bright orange and yellow flowers. It is often planted in yards to attract the iconic monarch butterfly, which lays its eggs on the ...