Whether you’re a butterfly fanatic or simply interested in nature, the monarch butterfly is worth a study. Beautiful and ...

Want to add interest, color, movement and wildlife to your garden this summer? If so, then plant a butterfly garden! There ...

Hybridized in 1948, these uncommon flowers command higher prices than traditional varieties due to their cross-pollination ...

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

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Milkweed is beautiful, easy to grow, and necessary for butterflies to survive. Here's how to grow and care for milkweed the ...

From former farmland outside of Butler County to community gardens and ditches, spots across Nebraska are being used to house ...

which make monarchs dangerous for predators to consume. These plants are what attract butterflies the most. Gardens with various milkweed species often attract the most monarch butterflies ...

They also counted monarch eggs, caterpillars and butterflies, and used nets to temporarily capture adult butterflies so they could test for parasite infections. The team found that both native and ...

Professor Elizabeth Crone, Department of Evolution and Ecology, checks a non-native milkweed in the San Francisco Bay Area for monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Known for long-distance ...