If you're a part of the "pollination frenzy," as described by Heather Kirk-Ballard, you may be observing the results of monarch butterfly caterpillars being, to quote Eric Carle, "very hungry" and ...

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 ...

Milkweed is a drought-tolerant and deer-resistant perennial plant named for its milky latex sap. It is a great host plant for many beneficial insects including Monarch butterflies, bees, beetles and ...

Researchers have discovered a new relationship between climate change, monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. It turns out that warming temperatures don't just affect the monarch, Danaus plexippus, ...