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 ...

The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Plant some milkweed in your yard this year — and you can help save the monarch butterfly. Monarch butterflies, well-known for their unique migration from across the United States ...

On June 8, more than 250 milkweed plants were planted by Three Rivers Land Trust staff and volunteers to improve habitat quality and food resources for local monarch butterfly populations. Several ...

Steven Fulton started out offering milkweed plants to support the endangered Western Monarch population. Today his Santa Clarita Native Plant Nursery showcases more than 200 California native plants, ...

OREGON HOUSE – First graders in the Yuba County community of Oregon House are planting hope for monarch butterflies, one milkweed at a time. These first-grade students at Yes Charter Academy have ...

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Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf. Across the Midwest ...

In 2020, around Thanksgiving, a total of fewer than 2,000 monarch butterflies were counted at around 250 overwintering sites where they have traditionally been counted in the state of California. A ...

Some monarch butterfly researchers are questioning Marin County and other counties’ recent decision to ban tropical milkweed sales as a way to protect the state’s dwindling populations of the iconic ...

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