To save monarchs, plant milkweed — lots of it!

New USGS study quantifies conservation needs Staff Report Saving monarch butterflies means planting a lot of their favorite food, say U.S. Geological Survey scientists, who outlined conservation measures in a new study. After over-wintering in Mexico, monarchs rely on milkweed plants for food and breeding habitat. But milkweed has been wiped out across millions of

Biodiversity: Endangered species protection sought for dwindling monarch butterflies

Pesticides, habitat loss and GMO crops seen as main threats Staff Report FRISCO —As monarch butterfly populations dwindle to unprecedented low levels, activists say the colorful and far-ranging insects need protection of the Endangered Species Act to survive. In a formal listing petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a coalition of advocacy groups