For years, planting milkweed was the go-to way to help monarchs. Now, scientists say it may be fueling a parasite that’s ...

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The first of this year's southbound monarch butterflies are arriving at their overwintering grounds in central Mexico, though some still have yet to pass through Rogers County. A local native wildlife ...

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 ...

And the time to plant milkweed is in the fall, in October and November. Birmingham, Alabama-based garden designer Zachary ...

A walk through Windsor’s fields reveals how milkweed, dandelions and cattails model a subtler, enduring kind of power—one ...

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — TDOT is now launching a campaign to give away free milkweed seeds aimed at building habitats for endangered monarch butterflies. It's part of a larger trend toward yards with ...

Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and suburban ...

Gardeners are scrambling to help the threatened monarch butterfly by planting more milkweed, the insect's host plant. Drought, loss of habitat and pesticides have decimated stands of milkweed along ...

QUEBEC CITY – For generations, North American farmers have despised milkweed and done their best to rid their lands of it. "I hate to have milkweed in my strawberry field," Nathalie Leonard says from ...

To the editor: As you note in your editorial, planting milkweed is critical to support the return of the monarch butterfly, since milkweed is the only plant that monarch caterpillars eat. Even more ...

Milkweeds are not the most spectacular of flowering perennials, but they can look highly effective as fillers and textural foils in plant combinations. They are a must in any sunny herbaceous garden ...