For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as ...

If it feels like there are fewer bugs now than there were decades ago, it’s not just nostalgia. Scientists estimate that, due to factors such as pesticide use, habitat loss, and climate change, as ...

Find out how climate change triggered the monarchs’ decline, the cons of raising them from caterpillars, and what you can do to help them. Modern Gardener is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

Every fall, an incredible migration occurs through the state of Indiana, where millions of tiny monarch butterflies fly on their way to overwintering grounds in Mexico, only to return in the spring to ...