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The mystery of the self, then, is that every atom of our being is on loan from the universe, at every instant, from time ...

Environmentalists say monarch populations are shrinking due to climate change, agricultural expansion and herbicides that ...

The larger migratory populations east of the Rocky Mountains, which overwinter mostly in Mexico, are doing somewhat better. The chances they could be extinct by 2080 are 56% to 74%, according to U.S.

EMBRACING THE SWAMP: As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, lobbying firms and watchdog groups alike have taken note of his picks for high-level roles in his second ...

He said planting and preserving existing milkweed, which monarchs depend on to reproduce, will influence their success. Federal officials are seeking public input on listing monarchs as threatened ...

The eastern population of monarch butterflies overwinters primarily in the oyamel fir forests of the Sierra Madre Mountains ...

The official state insect of Texas is in trouble. The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline. Volunteers ...

Years from now, residents of the D.C. swamp may look back at this political moment as the last of the good old days. Let’s hope so. As a new administration readies an overdue assault on the ...

As the 2016 presidential election drew to an end, Donald Trump began using a new slogan: “Drain the swamp.” It was a neat encapsulation of his critique of his Democratic opponent, Hillary ...

Some species are more suited than others to act as host plants for specific insects. If you are looking to attract the endangered monarch butterfly, only 30 milkweed species are used by them regularly ...

Photo Credit: R. A. Nonenmacher / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Swamp milkweed is very similar to butterfly milkweed (for both the monarch butterflies and its history as a health remedy for the ...