Monarch butterfly count yields worrisome finding
This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...
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The Amazing Migration Habits of Monarch Butterflies
The journey spans multiple generations, with each generation flying a portion of the route before laying eggs and passing the ...
Why monarch butterflies could be listed as a threatened species | Word from the Smokies
The natural phenomenon of the iconic monarch butterflies migrating south for the winter is a fascinating one - and it's one ...
U.S. Eyes Threats To Monarch Butterflies, Survival Tied To California
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...
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Of California fires and monarch butterflies
Much of California’s Habitat for the migratory Monarch butterfly is gone. Wild fires have decimated groves of trees and plants where the Western Monarch winters. The typical flight plan of the Monarch ...
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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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California's monarch butterfly population plummets
The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in ...
California’s monarch butterfly count yields a worrisome finding
A winter count of visiting monarch butterflies found a steep drop from previous years, which has scientists worried about the ...
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Why monarch butterflies could be listed as a threatened species | Word from the Smokies
Monarch populations east of the Rockies ... In the spring, overwintering butterflies mate and fly north, eventually stopping to lay eggs once they find milkweed. This new generation continues ...