Walton blames the use of herbicides and pesticides for the decline in the monarch butterflies. If cattle eat milkweed, it can ...

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

If no action is taken to protect the monarch butterfly, which is known for its orange wings and black markings, the eastern monarchs face as much as a 74% percent probability of extinction by 2080 ...

In the monarch's case, the proposed listing would generally prohibit anyone from killing or transporting the butterfly. People and farmers could continue to remove milkweed, a key food source for ...

FILE - A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. ... Monarchs across the continent face mounting threats, ...

Most of the lands that will be set aside for the butterfly are in in California. Environmental groups praised the move as the monarch is one of North America's great pollinators.

Monarch Butterfly Migration Is Magical and Endangered. 3w. ... monarchs and the risks they face have far-reaching ...

A monarch butterfly suns itself on a eucalyptus branch in the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove on Dec. 9, 2022. More than 129,000 western monarch butterflies were counted in San Luis Obispo ...

The Biden administration is proposing protections for the monarch butterfly – though the protections face an uncertain future in the incoming Trump administration. The Fish and Wildlife Servi… ...

Already in 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature categorized the migratory monarch butterfly, specific to North America, as endangered due to climate change and habitat loss. In ...

Pismo Beach’s butterfly count matches migration data from the rest of the West Coast. Only 9,119 butterflies were counted at West Coast overwintering sites during the 28th annual Western Monarch ...