Can Milkweed Help Save Monarch Butterflies?
The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed.
Monarch Butterfly Numbers Are Declining—But You Can Help
Are monarch butterflies endangered? Monarch population numbers are falling and it's clear that these butterflies need our help.
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
There used to be millions of monarch butterflies in California. Now, they’re in the thousands
Once, millions of monarchs wintered in California. But climate change, habitat loss, widespread pesticide use and disease have dwindled their numbers down into the thousands. Experts predict if action isn’t taken to preserve the butterflies, there is a 95% chance they’ll be extinct by 2080.
Monarch butterflies face steep decline in the Western U.S.
Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. have dropped to just 9,119 this year. In 2023, the count was 233,394, meaning a 96% decline.
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 coastal California counties as critical habitats.
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 is to breed in sunny California and fly north to lay their eggs on Milkweed plants where their caterpillars will feed.
Monarch butterfly population in Western U.S. nears record 30-year low. Here's what to know.
The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...
Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low
The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...
The Western Monarch Butterfly Population Has Plummeted This Winter
The number of monarch butterflies in California is in sharp decline this year. This is the second-lowest population recording ...
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Western Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Population Falls 96 Percent, Second-Lowest Number On Record
The results of the 28 annual mid-season Western Monarch Count have been released: only 9,119 of the butterflies were counted ...
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California’s monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...
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Habitat restoration project at Goleta's Ellwood Mesa seeks to address declining monarch butterfly numbers
The Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Grove used to be California's largest wintering site for monarch butterflies, but in 2024, only 30 butterflies were counted.
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Stories Rooted in Nature: Flower and butterfly Valentine’s cards for the heart
Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love. Flowers have long been symbolic of that special connection between people.
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U.S. moves to add monarch butterfly to the endangered species list
U.S. officials moved Tuesday to protect the monarch, an iconic orange-and-black butterfly famous for its marathon ...