We have been encouraging our backyard milkweed to grow ever since we moved over five years ago. I have friends who have issues with the aggressive growth of milkweed. We don’t have this problem. We ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species. Here's what happens ...

Marvelous Monarchs: The butterflies are free - all you need is patience and milkweed George Carlin once observed that "the caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity." Not ...

SANCTUARIES AND MEMORIALS. DONNA THOMPSON SAYS THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MAY BE ENDANGERED BUT NOT IN HER GARDEN. SHE HAS 600 EGGS THAT SHE RAISES FROM CATERPILLARS TO CHRYSALIS THEN TO BEAUTIFUL MONARCH ...

MONTEZUMA — "It's so weird!" said 7-year-old Mason Spears of Montezuma as he petted a monarch caterpillar with his index finger. "It's soft." Six-year-old Morgan Tyre petted it, too, wrinkling her ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Monarch butterfly migration has a history that repeats every year! On Saturday, Sept. 9, the University of Tennessee Arboretum will host its annual Butterfly Festival ...

If you've always wanted to curate your own monarch butterfly garden but have been unsure of where to start or how to snag supplies without breaking the bank, we've got some good news for you. You ...

Morse is an associate professor of biology at the University of San Diego and lives in Point Loma. Monarch butterflies are one of the most iconic insects in the American landscape. If you’re asked to ...

I’ve grown a bit obsessed with monarch butterflies. And who could blame me? It’s hard to imagine a more charming creature, with its stunning orange and black wings that enable a delicate, fluttering ...