Monarch butterfly populations are endangered, to the point that the 1.2 million Western monarchs counted in 1997 plummeted to fewer than 2,000 by 2020. Here are ways we can help them survive. Feb ...

The monarch butterfly population in the region had declined 99.9% from three decades ago; only about 1,900 were found in a survey over the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday along the California coast by ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...

That compares with an estimated 192,000 butterflies in 2017, 1 million in 1997 and at least 4.5 million in the 1980s. That means the monarch butterfly population in California has dropped to less ...

Western monarch butterflies head south from the Pacific Northwest to California each winter, returning to the same places and even the same trees, where they cluster to keep warm.

A monarch butterfly in Vista, Calif., Aug. 19, 2015. The western monarch butterfly population wintering along California's coast remained critically low for the second year in a row, a count by an ...

California State Parks is the largest single land manager for monarch butterfly groves, and the agency plays a big role in ...

Monarch butterfly numbers rebound along Monterey coast 03:34. SAN FRANCISCO - The population of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has rebounded for a second year in ...

Monarch butterflies are fluttering along California’s coastal areas as a part of their annual winter migration — and there are a few spots where you can see them in action. According to ...

A particularly precipitous decline began in the winter of 2018, when about 30,000 monarch butterflies wintered in California, she said. Two years later, only 2,000 were counted statewide, ...

Volunteers who visited sites in California and Arizona around Thanksgiving tallied more than 230,000 butterflies, compared to 330,000 in 2022, according to the Xerces Society.