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Great Monarch Migration Seems to Owe Success to White Spots on the Butterfly’s Wings
Monarchs are the only insects to attempt such a massive trek as the one from Canada to Mexico—and the success of this butterfly's 3,000-mile...
Monarch Butterflies Rebound Again–Beating Last Year’s Total, Proving Success is Not a Fluke
The annual Western monarch count to measure the population of overwintering butterflies shared fantastic news for the second year in a row.
Motivated by the...
Wintering Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back in Mexico – Numbers Surge by 35%
Following a massive, 125-fold increase in western monarch butterfly populations in America, a 35% increase has just been recorded in the numbers of monarchs...
Amazing Quarter-Million Monarchs in 2021, Up From Just 2,000 the Year Before in Migration Count
The Xerces Society just released numbers from their annual Western Monarch Count—and the tally was remarkable.
The nonprofit announced that 247,237 monarch butterflies were observed...
Monarch Population Soars 4,900 Percent Since Last Year in Thrilling 2021 Western Migration
When just 200 Western monarch butterflies arrived in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove from their northerly migration last year, park rangers feared the treasured...
Monarch Butterflies Employ a Sun Compass on Their Long-Distance Migration
Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual long-distance migration, which takes them over several thousand kilometres from the north of the USA to their...
Substantially More Monarch Butterflies Have Arrived in California to Overwinter Bringing Hope For Species
Migratory western monarchs are showing up at their overwintering sites in coastal California in far greater numbers—a sign of hope for the struggling population.
These...
Listen to Millions of Monarch Butterflies Make One of the Rarest Sounds on Earth: ‘Just like a waterfall’
Monarch butterflies, fluttering in their millions on 3,000-mile journeys, as luminous as stained glass. Seeing them mass migrate is one of the world's great...
A Monarch Visitation After Girl’s Death Has Dad Now Sending Milkweed Seeds to All Who Want to Help Butterflies
A week after Frank O’Donnell laid his 15-year-old daughter Keri to rest, he got a backyard visit from a monarch butterfly. Its bright orange...
Historic Deal to Protect Millions of Monarch Butterfly Habitat Acres is Unprecedented
A new public-private partnership that includes 45 companies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will proved “a huge boost” to stem the...
Seamstress Uses Expert Mending Skills to Repair Monarch’s Wing and Save Its Life
Instead of allowing a newborn monarch butterfly to perish because of its injured wings, this costume designer grabbed her tool kit and got to work.
Mexico Saves Millions of Monarch Butterflies by Stopping Logging in its Tracks
In 2013, conservationists voiced their concern over disappearing monarch butterfly populations in Mexico. Several years later, however, the government has ensured that the insects...
Monarch Butterfly Population More Than Triples Over Last Year
Try to imagine 10 acres of woodland fields and branches dripping with butterflies. That’s what the remarkable comeback of the monarch species looked like...
Monarch Butterflies Making a Stunning Comeback this Year (WATCH)
Efforts in three countries to protect Monarch butterflies have resulted in a stunning comeback for the iconic orange and black creature.
Help the Monarch Population by Raising Them Yourself
After reading about the plight of the monarch population I decided to intervene.
I read, when left in the natural world, only one in ten...
Mystery Clouds on Radar Turn Out to be Monarch Butterflies
The St. Louis office of the National Weather Service picked up more than precipitation on their radar recently. On a clear day with no...
One Man’s Planting Equals More Monarch Butterflies
"Tom Landis planted a patch of milkweed the size of a card table last spring with seeds he collected himself, hoping his 'if-you-plant-it-they-will-come' project...
Butterfly Boon as Mexico Stops Logging in Monarch Reserve
Illegal logging has practically been eliminated in the western Mexico wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly, according to a report released in August.
The government,...
Logging Plummets in Monarch Butterfly Mexico Reserve
Good news for the Monarch butterflies and their wintering grounds in central Mexico: The clearing of forests used by the butterflies has dropped to...
Monarch Butterflies Make Big Comeback After Bad Year
Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than doubled in size this winter after bad storms devastated their numbers a year ago, conservationists said on...