There used to be millions of monarch butterflies in California. Now, they’re in the thousands
Once, millions of monarchs wintered in California. But climate change, habitat loss, widespread pesticide use and disease ...
U.S. Eyes Threats To Monarch Butterflies, Survival Tied To California
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...
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Endangered Tropical Butterfly Benefitted From Florida Hurricanes
The endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly is positively influenced by hurricanes, as new growth from damaged plants ...
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California’s monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...
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Why monarch butterflies could be listed as a threatened species | Word from the Smokies
In response to these figures, the USFWS issued a December 2024 proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. “The iconic monarch butterfly is ...
Decades-long study shows that this endangered Florida butterfly benefits from hurricanes
In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term population trends of the federally endangered ...
Monarch butterfly population in Western U.S. nears record 30-year low. Here's what to know.
The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...
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Monarch butterfly numbers hit near record low in California. Here's why that matters
Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...