The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...
Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...
This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...
The results of the 28 annual mid-season Western Monarch Count have been released: only 9,119 of the butterflies were counted ...
Monarch's multigenerational migration is legendary — a journey of up to 3,000 ... their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a ...
A monarch butterfly feeds at Cape May Point State Park in Lower Township, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020.Get Photo Monarch butterflies roost as the sun begins to set at The Nature Conservancy's ...
A winter count of visiting monarch butterflies found a steep drop from previous years, which has scientists worried about the beloved insect.
Monarch's multigenerational migration is legendary — a journey of up to 3,000 ... their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a ...