In the last 15 years, the monarch butterfly populations in North America have dwindled to "alarmingly low" levels, University ...

André-Philippe Drapeau Picard of Mission Monarch discusses the threats facing monarchs and how Canadians can help Over the past 20 years, the monarch butterfly population in North America has ...

Monarch butterflies on their way to Mexico for the winter often find themselves making a rest stop at local milkweed. And ...

Twice a week, a group of volunteers gathers at Sawmill Creek in Ottawa’s south end to pull out an invasive plant called ...

Members of the Point Pleasant Garden Club (PPGC) and borough council participated in a monarch butterfly release on Monday ...

Monarch butterflies are diet-specialists, and their caterpillars are only able to feed on native milkweed plants, says Steve Heard, a professor of biology at the University of New Brunswick.

For years monarch researchers and aficionados have worked to save milkweed, and hence, monarchs. From backyard butterfly gardens to long swaths of roadsides, every effort at conserving milkweed is ...

Monarch butterflies are diet-specialists, and their caterpillars are only able to feed on native milkweed plants, says Steve Heard, a professor of biology at the University of New Brunswick.

This homeowner and native plant lover recently experienced a major pay-off moment in their garden.

However, monarch populations are estimated to have plunged by 90 per cent or more across North America over the past two decades. Part of the decline has been blamed on the attempted eradication of ...

Environmentalists are encouraging P.E.I. residents to plant milkweed in their garden in an effort to boost the monarch butterfly population on the island. The Bedeque Bay Environmental Management ...

Monarch butterflies are flitting toward trouble. The number of these beautiful insects, who migrate an incredible 4,800 kilometres every year, are at a record low.