We learned about the circle of life from "The Lion King," but it also exists in our backyard. While we can ... beautiful endangered monarch by keeping milkweed away from bird feeders.

Creating a garden sanctuary Milkweed is the perfect first plant ... Crinigan said other local groups such as the Facebook group Las Vegas Backyard Gardeners also can help a novice get started.

They are very good at finding the plants they need, even if it’s only a few in a backyard patch. My garden in Chicago has regular monarch visitors at the half-dozen milkweed plants in my front yard.

The questions include: What portion of each native milkweed from last year germinated, and of those that germinated, how many survived last winter and resprouted this spring? How many gardeners ...

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...