SILVIS, Illinois (KWQC) - As winter approaches, you might not think much about monarch butterflies because they have migrated, but this is the perfect time to help them. Monarch butterflies are one of ...

The red and yellow blooms of tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, are ubiquitous in North Florida butterfly gardens. This non-native milkweed has exploded in popularity as demand for milkweed ...

As concern over the dwindling number of monarch butterflies that visit Santa Barbara grows, so does the debate between planting native versus tropical milkweed. But Frederique Lavoipierre says that ...

CLECELAND, Ohio -- Matt, a reader from Broadview Heights, sent me an email and a photo last month and wrote, “I was out walking my dog and I saw these plants. Are they milkweed pods, and if so, can I ...

Hundreds of Ventura County residents are converging on events to pick up free native milkweed plants that support monarch butterflies and provide an alternative to a recently banned nonnative milkweed ...

Cut off mature, dried seed heads from milkweed seed pods, moonflowers, cosmos, zinnias, dill and garlic chives. Break open and shake seeds into a paper bag and transfer to jars or envelopes. Label, ...

Milkweed is the perfect plant for butterfly enthusiasts who want to attract monarch butterflies. When a female monarch discovers the milkweed, she lays her eggs on it. Once the eggs hatch, the small ...

This is not a drill. California is poised to lose the Western monarch butterfly and its mysterious annual migration from the continent’s Western regions to the coastal areas between Baja and Mendocino ...

Some monarch butterfly researchers are questioning Marin County and other counties’ recent decision to ban tropical milkweed sales as a way to protect the state’s dwindling populations of the iconic ...

All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

Butterfly fans, take a breath. I know it’s officially spring and we’re all pounding on nursery doors, anxious to plant some California native milkweed to help the endangered Western monarch butterfly ...