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Save the monarch, plant butterfly weed. (photo and text by Partyline contributor Roseann DalPra) Partyline is an experimental way to let readers text message news stories to redbankgreen to get posted ...

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced a bill on Friday aimed at preventing the Western Monarch butterfly and other important pollinators from ...

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Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies—including monarchs, which rely on milkweeds as larval host plants.

Even as monarch numbers plummet nationwide and the fate of federal protections remains unclear, scientists say Minnesotans can help safeguard the butterfly, one milkweed plant at a time.

Monarch butterfly on milkweed. Image by Mediamarketing via Depositphotos. Perhaps the most significant factor in the monarch’s decline is the loss of milkweed, the only plant on which monarch ...

We're trying to stop that.” The team can now grow mushrooms on wooden dowels, allowing them to reintroduce species to the wild – a process they call “fungal rewilding.” (Image: Submitted) ...

Idaho Fish and Game is looking for volunteers to survey milkweed patches and count monarch butterflies across the state this summer. Populations have been dwindling over the past decade and scientists ...