"Congratulations! Such a great feeling." Homeowner shares stunning photos of long-awaited visitors to backyard garden: 'It's ...

Beetles are fascinating, but there are so many that it is difficult to know where to begin – more than 350,000 species that scientists know of. (And many more that have not even been discovered.) How ...

Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

Petersen noted that while mowing might seem counterintuitive, overall environmental management sometimes means cutting plants ...

A new project called for gardeners to grow mikweed seeds at home, then plant the seedlings in a corner of a former Geauga County landfill that's now a nature preserve. They aimed to create a ...

More than 75 varieties of native asclepias grow along the monarchs’ migratory paths in North America, and more than 30 of them are indigenous in Texas.

Native milkweed plants — the kind good for butterflies — are coming out of dormancy and starting to sprout, so be patient. Southern California gardeners should be able to buy narrow-leaf ...

At 2 p.m., kids will see photos and illustrations of monarchs and watch puppets explain the butterfly's life. Then they will make "seed balls" to grow butterfly-friendly plants.

If you're looking for milkweed plants, Kirk-Ballard recommends a local nursery. The bad news is there's no substitute for milkweed when it comes to monarch butterfly caterpillars.

Starting milkweed and other native plants from seeds requires exposing them to a Northeast Ohio winter ...

Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed.