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Every Monday in August, Heidi Emmons is leading a group of citizen scientists into fields containing milkweed to count monarch caterpillars and eggs. The goal is to learn more about how monarch ...

Discover nature this week with Missouri's caterpillars. The bright wings of butterflies catch your eyes, and many people ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

DEAR JOAN: I am so confused about milkweed plants. A few years ago I read that the non-native plants, which we may have, are safe for monarchs if you prune way back well before spring starts, like ...

Fewer monarch butterflies were spotted this spring, even as milkweed classes helped boost habitat and support future ...

Nature is full of interesting relationships between animals and plants. Insects rely heavily on different plants for food and shelter, including the monarch caterpillar, which feeds primarily on the ...