Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...

Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...

Monarch butterflies use medicinal plants to treat their offspring for disease, before they even hatch, a new study finds. Monarch caterpillars feed on any of dozens of species of milkweed plants, ...

The 2025 north through San Antonio migration of the monarch butterflies is over, and again this year, there did not seem to be much action. There were some migrating butterflies that visited nectar ...

We have conducted a number of monarch butterfly and milkweed classes over the last three years. The classes hosted over 450 attendees and distributed 900 milkweed seeded containers to gardeners in the ...

For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as ...

Milkweed is famed for being an important plant for the Monarch butterfly, and it may surprise you to know that late fall is an ideal time to start perennial varieties by sowing outdoors. It does work ...