Cardenas is a freelance journalist. CHICAGO - For Claudia Galeno-Sanchez, monarch butterflies are more than fluorescent ...

I’ve become a loyal steward of narrow leaf milkweed. I've got other plants in my backyard, but none of them are as ...

One very endearing trait (I think) of milkweed tussock moth caterpillars is that they are gregarious through the third instar ...

I had been on the lookout for them recently and had not seen many, only their cousin the Viceroy butterfly, which looks ...

Milkweed plants are the only host plant for monarch caterpillars. It provides the nourishment the monarch needs to transform into an adult butterfly. Without it, the monarch cannot complete its ...

Jaxson Schrupp released over 200 monarch butterflies this summer that he raised from eggs and baby caterpillars at his family ...

As July sunlight pokes through the trees, a butterfly egg rests gently in Wojciech Poreba’s palm as he sifts through milkweed ...

Six-year-old Dean Gutowski showcased his extensive knowledge of monarch butterflies to residents at Maple Ridge Manor.

None came in June. None came in July. I did not see a monarch in my garden until I began releasing them from my biotent — the ...

higher peak as the monarch population builds, Oberhauser said. And that’s not what happened this year. In fact, throughout ...

Like most people, we encourage milkweed growth for the endangered monarch butterflies. Without intending to, we have also encouraged a different, I think equally charismatic, caterpillar — the ...

Milkweed plants are the only host plant for monarch caterpillars. It provides the nourishment the monarch needs to transform into an adult butterfly. Without it, the monarch cannot complete its life ...