The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

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"I really want to spread the word that we should not give up right now," said Isis Howard, a conservation biologist with the ...

A 2,000-mile migration was thought to be a “foolish ... the USFWS issued a December 2024 proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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The migration of monarch butterflies, famous for being a visual treat, involves multiple generations of the winged insects. For the butterflies west of the Rocky Mountains, the population starts ...

This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

The number of monarch butterflies migrating to California over the winter has hit a near-record low, according to the agency that conducts the annual count. The 28th annual Western Monarch Count ...

Peggy Campbell-Rush is an educator on the First Coast. She's now studying the monarch butterflies' migration in Mexico. It ties into her passion for Buddy Check.

MADISON, Wis. — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing ...

Their migration also attracts visitors to California ... But advocates are pushing for monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act, which ...