PETOSKEY, MI – Lauri Juday carries around little packets of common milkweed seeds and gives them to anyone who promises to plant them. That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

Their hairy feathers or fluffy structures enable them to travel long distances. The plants you may know best that utilize ...

On November 6, a group of volunteers joined Kootenay Native Plant Society (KNPS) to put almost 150 plants in the ground to ...

Beyond culinary pursuits, saving seeds from a milkweed plant specifically helps support the conservation of the monarch butterfly, imperiled because of a loss of habitat across its range.

The land all around is charred by fire. But here, there’s a sort of miracle at work. Native milkweed has sprung up and bloomed for the second time this year. This is not something these plants, ...

Many readers have inquired about seeds and seedlings, let us dig in deeper with two questions. Q. I have been harvesting milkweed seeds for next year’s growth. Would you recommend planting the ...

A fleeting blur of black and orange fluttered past Jenny Welch. Beside a sign labeled “monarch waystation,” the 62-year-old ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the red milkweed beetle, revealing genetic adaptations that allow it to safely feed ...

OPHI is seeking public participation in collecting and dropping off mature common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seed pods at collection stations around the state. The collected seeds will be used ...