Monarch butterflies depend on human intervention to thrive in the wild, as highlighted by the traveling exhibit "Monarchs and ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

While milkweed is generally hardy, it can attract pests such as aphids. Instead of resorting to chemical pesticides, which ...

Under natural conditions the prostrate milkweed is thought to be able to persist at low densities. It produces so much nectar that far-flying pollinating insects such as tarantula hawks and large bees ...

The monarch butterfly population spending the winter in the western United States has declined to its second-lowest level in nearly three decades.

The Xerces Society recommends planting milkweed that evolved in your area because they support other levels of the ecosystem from soil organisms to insects and birds. Also, planting introduced ...