The stands of oyamel fir where monarchs roost are being threatened by forest degradation. The best time to visit a monarch butterfly biosphere reserve in Michoacan, Mexico is typically as early as ...

“Tourism helps conserve the forest, it’s how we sustain ... offered a glimmer of hope for the monarch’s future. Their presence in Mexico was actually up by more than a third compared to ...

Climate change, deforestation and habitat loss have caused an 80% decrease in the monarch population over the last 30 years. The Oyamel fir forest in Mexico becomes the temporary home of the ...

Monarch butterflies travel up to 4,500 kilometers each year from Canada and the United States to establish colonies in the temperate oyamel and pine forests of west-central Mexico. The butterfly ...

Most of the deforestation is happening illegally, some imperils monarch butterfly habitat, and it all undermines international pledges made by both countries to halt deforestation. An estimated 10 ...

Monarch butterflies are fluttering dangerously ... "Fewer monarchs hibernating in their traditional forest habitat in Mexico greatly concerns all of us," Jorge Rickards, general director of ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...

But it’s a phenomenon under threat, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Monarch populations east of the Rockies spend the winter in central Mexico, while those in the west migrate to ...

WASHINGTON— The annual count of migratory monarchs that spend the winter in Mexico is once again dismal for the iconic ... The count found only 2.21 hectares of occupied forest. The total number of ...