Watch a Monarch caterpillar go through metamorphosis and become a gorgeous butterfly. In this awe-inspiring timelapse, we see ...

With so many to choose from, select the milkweed that is best suited to the growing conditions, your landscape design and ...

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

Monarchs rely on milkweed as the sole host plant for their caterpillars, and without it, their populations struggle to thrive ...

Milkweed is the only plant on which monarchs will lay their eggs and the only source of food for baby caterpillars. But ...

Each year the National Garden Bureau chooses plants of the year. I always look forward to which plants they pick and learning ...

Scientists have long known that milkweed cardenolides, which in most animals disable a vital sodium-potassium pump enzyme if they are absorbed into the blood, serve to make caterpillars and ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, fragile traveler.

GREENVILLE—Butterfly populations are declining, according to a new study in the journal of science. We have lost one out of ...