The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...
Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. have dropped to just 9,119 this year. In 2023, the count was 233,394, meaning a 96% decline.