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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Can Milkweed Help Save Monarch Butterflies?
The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...
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Why monarch butterflies could be listed as a threatened species | Word from the Smokies
Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly ... to be hands-off,” he said. “You can have a butterfly garden in ...
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Monarch butterfly count yields worrisome finding
For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their winters along the California coast — huddling together in tall tree groves, finding respite from the wind from ...
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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 ...
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Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low
The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the ... It's unclear what caused such a sharp drop-off in the western population in just one year, said Emma Pelton, an endangered species ...