The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

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This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

In December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The public can comment on the listing until ...

Are monarch butterflies endangered? Monarch population numbers are falling and it's clear that these butterflies need our ...

2:19 Monarch Butterfly Festival and Run in Peterborough aims to raise awareness, funds for endangered species Monarch Butterfly Festival and Run in Peterborough aims to raise awareness ...

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 ...

Visitors to Pismo State Beach and other California state beaches can expect to see fewer western monarch butterflies this year. Last week, the Xerces Society announced the results of its 28th ...

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The butterfly’s Western population has plummeted more than 95% since the 1980s, when up to 4 million butterflies were estimated to spend winter in California, according to the California ...

With the recent proposed listing of the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken a critical step to protect one of North America’s most ...