Monarchs that contract this disease are deformed and often die upon emerging from their chrysalis. Additionally, monarchs feeding solely on tropical milkweed are more likely to contract and spread ...

Milkweed is a gorgeous native North American species that has multiple benefits for your garden, as well as a special ...

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...

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 ...

PETOSKEY, MI – Lauri Juday carries around little packets of common milkweed seeds and gives them to anyone who promises to plant them. That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed ...