Though it’s a wonderful beacon for some of our favorite insects—including monarch butterflies and tussock moths—milkweed is a ...

The caterpillars store this poison in their body, and it gives them their bright ... But I checked with Don Hankins to see if monarchs had been seen on this new crop of milkweed plants. And he said ...

These harmful sprays and soaps kill off the caterpillars and poison the butterflies, endangering them. Additionally, some studies suggest that Monarch butterflies tend to ignore milkweed plants coated ...

This plant, butterfly milkweed or Asclepias tuberosa, currently is in its full summer beauty. Butterfly milkweed is a native plant that is tough as nails in the garden. Since the plant is a native ...

the ability to digest milkweed toxins and become poisonous to predators. Making just three genetic changes turned regular fruit flies into “monarch flies,” able to withstand plant toxins and ...

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

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat ...

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...