Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire genome of the ...

Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...

I find it interesting that monarch butterflies, large milkweed bugs, milkweed leaf beetles and milkweed tiger moths, all ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

A milkweed beetle munches on a common milkweed leaf on June 24 in Orlan Love’s garden. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words ...

If you’ve ever marveled at a monarch butterfly as it flutters by on a warm summer day, you have a humble and often overlooked plant to thank: milkweed. This North American perennial is more than just ...

A mating pair of red milkweed beetles pictured in the spring of 2024 on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are ...

A mating pair of red milkweed beetles pictured in the spring of 2024 on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Studying the secrets of how the common red milkweed ...