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.

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...

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

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Sand County Foundation is awarding pollinator seed starter kits to Charles City High School and nine other Iowa schools, the ...

This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

A series of workshops will be launched this week that are designed to teach Iowans how to extend the habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators. Liz Ripley, an outreach specialist at the ...

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

Overwintering populations of monarch butterflies in California have reached a near all-time low since records began, conservationists announced on Thursday. The ...

A winter count of visiting monarch butterflies found a steep drop from previous years, which has scientists worried about the ...

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