Richland County residents are invited to help the declining monarch butterfly population by collecting milkweed seed pods now ...

It seems weird that not long ago I didn’t even know what milkweed was, or that it's the host plant of monarch butterflies. In ...

Growing milkweed is one of the most rewarding actions a gardener can take to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on ...

One sign of fall, is the colors on tree leaves are beginning to change into hues of red, orange, and gold. What a beautiful ...

These butterflies are currently migrating through Ohio on their way to Mexico, where they spend the winter. Various species ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly ... conditions in the butterfly's migratory range (central Mexico, United States, and southern Canada) Loss of ...

In a continuing sign of Lilesville’s tourist attraction potential, Whimsical Wings Butterfly Farm will be opening this April, ...

The increasing intensity and frequency of extreme heat likely compounds stresses on the iconic butterfly, worrying biologists ...

Can you guess what is pictured below? The answer to last week’s mystery is late flowering thoroughwort, Eupatorium serotinum, ...

Friends of Cumberland Mountain State Park have been purchasing and planting many shrubs and trees near the start of the ...

Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant monarch butterflies will lay eggs on and ...

Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant on which monarchs will lay eggs and eat. Milkweed also provides a food source for many other pollinators.