Tag: monarchs

A butterfly nonprofit is paying to ship 12 monarch butterflies from Wisconsin to Texas, where they hope the insects will migrate to Mexico. Friends of Butterfly Gardens Inc. is funding...

Milkweed plants critical for the life cycle of monarch butterflies are loaded with pesticides in Northern California, according to recent research. Past studies have pointed to pesticides as a major...

From tracking endangered species to writing for the Missouri Conservationist magazine over the summer, members of The Wildlife Society’s Northwest Missouri State University Student Chapter gained field experience through interning...

Mowing smarter may be the best strategy to improve monarch habitat along roadsides. “Monarchs are declining across their range, and particularly in the East,” said Samantha Knight, a program manager...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances, where transportation and energy partners around the country will work with the Service to address monarch butterfly...

Ever since they learned that the monarch butterfly’s swift decline is tied to reductions in its host plant, conservationists have been planting milkweed alongside roads to boost the pollinator’s population....