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 ...

It's been running for over 20 years and offers free common, showy, swamp, butterfly, and narrow-leaved milkweed seeds to families that can't afford to donate. If you're unsure which variety is best ...

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.

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

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 ...

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, Asclepias eriocarpa, also known as Indian ...

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

After 2021 home purchase, Whittier woman immerses herself in transforming turf into living canvas, one that draws neighbors’ ...

Beside a sign labeled “monarch waystation,” the 62-year-old volunteer mingled with guests looking to purchase native Florida ...

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

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 ...