Not including animals like the bald eagle or Eastern bluebird, the monarch butterflies have garnered much interest in people.

Monarch butterflies rely on milkweed plants to survive. To help out your local pollinators, consider these free and low-cost ways to get your hands on seeds.

Milkweed seed pods are being collected by the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District through Oct. 31. Seeds will be planted to provide habitat for the monarch butterfly.

Some monarch butterfly researchers are questioning Marin County and other counties’ recent decision to ban tropical milkweed sales as a way to protect the state’s dwindling populations of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The monarch butterfly population in Ohio has declined by an estimated 80% over the past 30 years. One effort to reverse the trend is to promote more growth of native milkweed.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing to get monarch butterflies added to the endangered species list as their numbers drop.