More than a dozen volunteers planted 850 milkweeds throughout the Spring Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday as part of a budding monarch butterfly habitat conservation project. Through a grant from ...

Mary Ann’s dedication and the scientific efforts at Disney illustrate how community action and innovation can unite to protect monarchs.

Monarch butterflies gather at their wintering colony in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán, Mexico. “So for over a decade now, the colonies haven’t really changed in size.

Researchers believe this may be an isolated population from an ancestor species that went extinct everywhere else.

Jake Koenig, Midwest habitat coordinator for Monarch Joint Venture, said monarch butterflies serve a couple roles in the conservation process. They're what's referred to as a flagship species.

$6.99 at amazon.com Westhall says other types of milkweed that play host to monarch butterflies include: Asclepias arenaria Asclepias asperula Asclepias curassavica Asclepias engelmanniana ...

Not to mention, they’re great for nearly all pollinators—including butterflies, honey bees, and even hummingbirds—but deer and rabbits tend to stay away since their milky sap is toxic to them.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the monarch butterfly on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered in July, but despite decades of declining numbers, the delicate ...

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The City of Goleta is finalizing content and locations for interpretive, navigational, and regulatory signs at Ellwood Mesa.