Nice job, Michigan: milkweed and nectar plants bolster Monarch butterfly migration
Milkweeds and nectar plants ready in Michigan as Monarch butterflies start their migration … Read More
Butterflies without Borders: Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival set for October
Dust off your wings and save the dates: the 2017 Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival in San Antonio will take flight Friday – Sunday, October 20 – 22, 2017, celebrating the magic and majesty of the Monarch butterfly migration. For … Read More
Commercially raised Monarch butterfly released in Grapevine, TX makes it to Mexico
They said it couldn’t be done. That a commercially raised Monarch butterfly couldn’t migrate. But Jenny Singleton of the Grapevine Butterfly Flutterby Festival and one commercially grown Monarch proved that a butterfly tagged and released in Texas can find its way … Read More
Monarch butterflies head north as Mexican scientists try to move their forest
Stressed Monarch butterflies head our way as Mexican scientists try to move their overwintering forest.… Read More
Monarch butterfly Valentine: how do we love thee? Let us count the ways…
Monarch butterfly Valentine. How do we love thee? Let us count the ways.… Read More
Monarch butterfly migrating population drops 27%, freak sleet storm to blame
Officials in Mexico announced Wednesday that the population of migrating Monarch butterflies dropped 27% this season, marking a setback in two consecutive years of growth from the historic low of 2014. A freak sleet storm gets the blame. Just last year, … Read More
Monarch Champions: San Antonio elected officials submit to butterfly's charms
Want to see changes in Monarch butterfly and pollinator advocacy in your city? Give elected officials some milkweed and a Monarch caterpillar.… Read More
Frostweed earns its name with intriguing ice sculptures upon first frost
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Frostweed earns its name as first frost turns rock star nectar plant into ice crystal artist.… Read More
Q & A: Dr. Anurag Agrawal challenges Monarch butterfly conservation conventional wisdom
Contrarian Dr. Anurag Agrawal dared to suggest that the focus on milkweed in Monarch butterfly conservation might be misplaced.… Read More
Climate Change and the Monarch Butterfly Migration Symposium tackles tough questions
Climate change and the Monarch butterfly migration tackles tough questions with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and citizen scientists… Read More