Plant cultivars are natural variants of native plants that have been deliberately collected, selected, cross-bred or hybridized for desirable traits that can be maintained through propagation. Although experts generally discourage ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2020
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A 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by 80 percent since 2005.
Ecology
Nov 8, 2018
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A new study conducted at the University of Michigan reveals a previously unrecognized threat to monarch butterflies: Mounting levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide reduce the medicinal properties of milkweed plants that protect ...
Ecology
Jul 10, 2018
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LSU researchers have discovered a new relationship between climate change, monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. It turns out that warming temperatures don't just affect the monarch, Danaus plexippus, directly, but also ...
Ecology
Apr 3, 2018
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People across North America love to garden, yet the vast majority of garden plants are non-native species.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2018
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Naturalists' records dating back more than 100 years may be instrumental in determining the fate of the monarch butterfly in the 21st century.
Ecology
Jan 17, 2018
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A new University of Guelph study reveals that not all milkweed plants are the same for endangered monarch butterflies looking to lay their eggs.
Ecology
Nov 9, 2017
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Over millions of years under attack from insects, milkweed plants have developed considerable defenses. These include incredible toxicity – sufficient to kill a horse or sheep – which emanates from a milkweed's leaves ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2017
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Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to heed the advice of Cornell agricultural scientists: Let nature be nature - to a degree.
Ecology
Nov 11, 2016
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In California's drought, the struggling monarch butterfly may have found a sprinkling of hope.
Ecology
Oct 20, 2015
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