The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

One example is the California towhee, which can clear a milkweed plant of monarch caterpillars in no time. Birds are not the only threat to monarchs, however, since bird feeders also attract other ...

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 ...

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

February is a month filled with love, reflection, and community spirit. While it brings Valentine’s Day celebrations, it also ...

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

Evie Kinkead, a junior at Aptos High School, pitched this story about a project she spearheaded to help monarch butterfly ...

Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctive orange-and-black wings, are found across North America. Monarchs in the ...

In 2023, more than 16,000 butterflies were counted at one local grove. The most recent count was a tiny fraction of that.

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