These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to ...

If you want to reap the benefits of growing a milkweed plant in your butterfly garden, consider all the facts. Ask yourself what type of soil, lighting, and drainage your current site features.

Monarch butterfly have arrived in Oklahoma – the first stop for the famous orange and black beauty migrating from Mexico, ...

The peak of the spring monarch butterfly migration in Texas typically occurs from late March to early April. See where on ...

Discover where to find a red-spotted purple butterfly. See what the butterfly looks like and what host plants will bring one ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...

“It is exciting to have evidence for the importance of top-down influences from predators.” Scientists have long known that milkweed cardenolides, which in most animals disable a vital ...

Experts share with us how we can use milkweed plants, any variety, to attract Monarch Butterflies, which in turn will help grow the declining population.

We ask for donations from the public, and in return, we give out five different species of milkweed and about eight other nectaring butterfly plants,” says Orley “Chip” Taylor, KU professor ...