Volunteers plant hundreds of milkweed plants in hopes of supporting the dwindling Western monarch population in California.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s National Pollinator Week, which marks the return of Project Milkweed and hopefully the return of more Monarch butterflies as they make their way across the country. Last ...

Bumble bees and butterflies are in trouble. They’re declining in part because there are fewer places where they can find food and shelter. There is widespread concern about what this will mean for the ...

For years, planting milkweed was the go-to way to help monarchs. Now, scientists say it may be fueling a parasite that’s ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat, milkweed, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - The Native Prairie Project, which attracted pollinators like monarch butterflies, is no longer outside an Ohio zoo because it has been mowed down. Toledo Deputy Mayor ...

Monarch butterflies on June 19, 2023 adjust to life outside their chrysalises within a protective mesh tent at Orlan Love’s Monarch Zone in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo Orange ...

As reported last week, zizotes, showy, antelope horn, green and butterfly weed native milkweeds all germinated well in the spring when seeded in containers. Unlike tropical milkweed, none of the ...

When Lorraine Kells first came upon two sprawling Chicago Park District flower beds near Diversey Harbor, she saw weeds and cigarette butts. But eight years later, a dazzling array of wildflowers ...

CHICAGO (WCIA) — A new study finds anyone with a green thumb, urban or rural, can help save the population of a beloved insect. Scientists are worried for monarch butterflies, the orange and black ...