As monarch butterflies begin returning to Saskatchewan for the summer, Nature Saskatchewan is encouraging residents to check ...

We gardeners understand the concept of separating. We routinely separate insects in our garden into “good” and “bad” columns.

For the upcoming Monarch Fest, the Monarch Research Project rears somewhere between 150 and 200 butterflies, which is only a small fraction of the thousands raised at the Marion research ...

During World War II, children collected milkweed pods so the plant's buoyant seed floss could be used in military life ...

Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies set off on a 4,800-kilometre journey to Mexico. But the forests and wildflower ...

Learn which monarch butterfly predators and parasites pose a real threat to their survival, and which are part of the natural ...

Saskatchewan's largest butterfly has returned to the southwest for the summer to rear the next generation, which will go ...

An expert shares the most common mistakes gardeners make when creating a pollinator habitat—and how to fix them.

Visitors can get up close and personal with butterflies at Lukas Nursery in Oviedo where the Butterfly Encounter has been ...

There’s a large milkweed patch in the lower corner, and those plants are the only source of food for the Monarch’s ...

From swallowtails to monarchs, each species requires specific host plants for caterpillars and nectar sources for adults to complete their life cycle.