More monarch butterfly habitat may be added alongside crops in Iowa and across the nation, thanks to a yearslong Iowa State University research project. North American monarch populations have ...

The City of Chamblee has been named “Monarch Champion” by the National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge program, ...

Mar. 11—The monarch butterfly, a species whose numbers have plummeted in recent years, has a new backer in the form of the Texas Department of Transportation. TxDOT and partner, the U.S. Fish and ...

More than a dozen volunteers planted 850 milkweeds throughout the Spring Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday as part of a budding monarch butterfly habitat conservation project. Through a grant from ...

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It’s been a rough year for the migratory monarch butterfly. The colder spring in the upper Midwest negatively impacted population numbers and the butterfly was classified as endangered by the ...

AMES, Iowa – When the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium was formed seven years ago, Iowa State University researchers faced two big questions about reestablishing the milkweed and other wildflowers ...

The following, from Buchanan County Conservation, includes information on plant sales this Saturday, May 5, 2012 and next, May 12, 2012, where you can buy monarch-friendly plants: One of the signs ...

The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population has plummeted by 80% to 95% since the 1990s, depending on the region and monitoring method. A major cause of the species’ decline is deforestation ...

Each spring and fall, thousands of monarch butterflies embark on a 3,000 mile journey, which begins in Mexico and ends in Canada, passing through Southeast Texas along the way. The monarchs are now ...

With its vivid orange wings, black outline and white dots, the monarch butterfly is one of the most easily identifiable butterflies on the planet. Their ability to fly thousands of miles across North ...