The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in ...

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

This year the organization counted 9,119 monarchs, the second-lowest total since tracking began in 1997. The organization has ...

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The monarch butterfly was first petitioned to be listed ... the main food source for the monarch caterpillar, were contaminated by 64 pesticides. One of these pesticides, methoxyfenozide, was ...

Overwintering populations of monarch butterflies in California have reached a near all-time low since records began, conservationists announced on Thursday. The ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch Butterfly Count and recorded the second lowest ...

one trend is clear — the Western Monarch butterfly population has declined by more than 95% since the 1980s, Howard said. With such a drastic population loss, the remaining butterflies are ...