Journey North uses volunteer-submitted data to track the migration. On Monday, the state’s first sighting was recorded in ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed. A monarch butterfly gliding over a field on ...

After wintering over in Mexico, monarch butterflies are migrating to their northern breeding grounds, which includes Michigan ...

The majority of the milkweed (asperula) was found in the Edward's Plateau and Cross-timbers. The lowest number of milkweed was in the South Texas Plains. We are evaluating the relationship between ...

Only three molecular changes are needed for fruit flies to digest milkweed toxins Gene-edited fruit flies have gained some of monarch butterflies’ superpowers — specifically, the ability to ...

Combined with findings about the milkweed species' optimal growth requirements, this study will guide statewide management strategies and conservation efforts and ultimately help refine ...

If you have milkweed growing in your landscape or area, they will likely lay a set of eggs to produce the first of five generations of caterpillars for the year’s migration. The adults that lay ...