Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific ...

this doesn't mean we're not going to have western monarchs ... wildlife service to reduce the risks of damage. "The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North America, captivating children ...

In December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The public can comment on the listing until ...

Are monarch butterflies endangered? Monarch population numbers are falling and it's clear that these butterflies need our ...

one trend is clear — the Western Monarch butterfly population has declined by more than 95% since the 1980s, Howard said. With such a drastic population loss, the remaining butterflies are ...

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their ... since the count first began in 1997. While the butterfly’s population has been declining for years ...

The butterfly’s Western population has plummeted more than 95% since the 1980s, when up to 4 million butterflies were estimated to spend winter in California, according to the California ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in ... “But we have seen incredible recovery. this doesn’t mean we’re not going to have western monarchs. It's hopefully a wake-up ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing ...