The natural phenomenon of the iconic monarch butterflies migrating south for the winter is a fascinating one - and it's one ...

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

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

A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove on Nov. 10, 2021. Photo by Nic Coury, AP Photo For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent ...

Fewer-than-usual monarch butterflies ... when only 199 butterflies were counted at the overwintering site. Pismo Beach’s butterfly count matches migration data from the rest of the West Coast.

Animals all around the world move from place to place each year in discovery of warmer weather, greater access to food, to ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch Butterfly Count and recorded the second lowest ...

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 ...

Monarch butterflies return to California for the winter in November in Santa Cruz, California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as a threatened ...

The annual Western Monarch Count observed a peak population of 9,119 Monarch butterflies in California this winter, marking a sharp decline in the last few years. The count, administered by the ...