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

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

The population of essential milkweed plants has decreased over the past decades. Help restore their numbers by collecting ...

Mayors or community leaders who take the pledge must commit to carrying out at least three of the 30 available actions listed ...

Today's Bug of the Week were once thought to be a problem for another insect that is facing an uncertain future. But it turns ...

“The most iconic place to see monarchs here in Santa Barbara County is the Goleta Butterfly Grove in Elwood Mesa,” Cusser ...

The first of this year's southbound monarch butterflies are arriving at their overwintering grounds in central Mexico, though some still have yet to pass through Rogers County. A local native wildlife ...

Crowding around the tables to get a view of tiny Western redbud, the California buckeye and dozens of other plants, they were ...

There’s something magical about watching a caterpillar transform into a chrysalis and eventually a butterfly. Local children are witnessing this renewal of life firsthand in the butterfly habitat ...

If you have harvested milkweed seeds from existing plants, the typical perennial varieties that need cold stratification ...

A proposal to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act may not be finalized anytime soon, ...

It is too early to get a good sense of the population health of the monarchs — peak migration season is November through January — but the count is underway.