Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

Monarch Butterflies Are a Threatened Species While the monarch butterfly isn’t endangered, it’s a threatened species because ...

Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved to add the monarch butterfly to its endangered species roster, citing decades of steep population decline of the striking black-and-orange insect.

Monarch butterflies dropped to near record low in 2023 In 2023, the iconic orange and black butterflies dropped to a near record low. Colonies of monarch butterflies occupied only 2.2 acres of ...

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 ...