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"The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North America, captivating children and adults throughout its fascinating life cycle," U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams ...
This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...
Newly released data shows that the number of monarch butterflies migrating to California this winter is near-record low. "We ...
In 2023, more than 16,000 butterflies were counted at one local grove. The most recent count was a tiny fraction of that.
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 habitat and climate ...
FILE - A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File) ...