Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...

For 28 years, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has counted monarch overwinter populations along the ...

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

ALEXANDRIA — The National Garden Bureau has named 2025 the Year of Asclepias (milkweed) — and for good reason. This resilient ...

The monarch butterfly population spending the winter in the western United States has declined to its second-lowest level in nearly three decades.

Explore the worrying decline of Monarch butterflies in Texas and the implications for pollination and food production. Learn why preserving these butterflies is vital for a sustainable ecosystem.