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With a showing reminiscent of better times, monarch butterflies pushed through Oklahoma this week, high and low, and, in selected spots, gathered in groups.

Early June is a good time to scan fields for giant, showy, invasive musk thistles that are enjoying a banner season in 2023 in some areas.

Thistle blooms may be beautiful, but the pleasantries stop there. Oklahoma’s Noxious Weed Law requires landowners to eradicate at least three species.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Oklahoma Tribal Conservation Advisory Council (OTCAC) will partner together for a free conservation workshop on Tuesday, April 4, from 9:30 a.m. to

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has added the migrating monarch butterfly to its "red list" of threatened species.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has added the migrating monarch butterfly to its "red list" of threatened species.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has added the migrating monarch butterfly to its "red list" of threatened species.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has added the migrating monarch butterfly to its "red list" of threatened species.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has added the migrating monarch butterfly to its "red list" of threatened species.

Outdoornews March 3, 2021 Biologists are concerned about monarch butterflies, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in December designated as a candidate for endangered or threatened status because of a sharp decline in recent decades. DALLAS — As many people in the southern U.S. hosted neighbors who had no heat or water during the vicious February storm and deep freeze, Kate Rugroden provided a refuge for shell-shocked bats. Starving and disoriented, the winged mammals tumbled to the snow...