Creating a haven for monarch butterflies in your backyard is more than just a joy for the eyes—it’s a crucial way to support ...

Providing beautiful blooms for monarchs not only adds to the beauty of your garden but helps support their population. Here are some of their favorite flowers.

The Mayors’ Monarch Pledge aims to help regrow the population of monarch butterflies by having communities commit to restoring their habitats, planting flowers monarchs like in public parks ...

The butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii) is a magnet for butterflies, thanks to its abundant clusters of fragrant, nectar-rich flowers. This hardy shrub is easy to grow and thrives in full sun with ...

While the butterflies wintered in Mexico, the organization found that the eastern monarch butterfly colonies took up 2.2 acres of regional forests during the 2023-2024 winter season.

We’ve endangered these creatures, as we humans often do, and some scientists want monarchs on the official endangered list.

National Plant a Flower Day 2024 is on March 12th. You can celebrate by planting any flower but milkweeds will help the monarch butterfly grow.

While not well-known among gardeners, beggarticks (Bidens spp.) flowers are highly popular among monarch butterflies. There are many beggarticks species that are native to the United States.

File: Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on a milkweed plant flower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 08, 2022. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images) ...

One example of this is the eastern monarch butterfly. The butterfly's population crept down to the second-lowest number on record in 2024, according to an annual survey from the World Wildlife ...