PACIFIC GROVE — Monarch butterfly numbers are down this year entering prime counting season, but experts aren’t panicking yet. “Butterfly populations are bouncy,” said Isis Howard, an ...

Jose Luis Alvarez, co-founder of Forests for Monarchs, and Martha Askins, a retired lawyer, discuss the beauty of the monarch butterfly, and conservation efforts to save them.

The migratory monarch butterfly was flagged as endangered on the IUCN Red List, but federal protection in the US is still up in the air. By Lauren J. Young Published Aug 8, 2022 7:00 PM EDT ...

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a second. In the right conditions, a migrating monarch ...

A monarch butterfly makes a stop on a butterfly bush in a flower garden north of Durango on Aug. 25. Monarchs that overwinter in California and migrate to Colorado for the summer increased from a ...

Monarch butterfly super generation live up to 9 times longer than most monarchs, migrates thousands of miles. By Anderson Cooper. Anderson Cooper. 60 Minutes Correspondent. Anderson Cooper, anchor ...

The question this Earth Day is not whether we can save the monarch butterfly − we can − but whether we will. Approval rating sinks Stop mocking me Get the latest views Submit a column.

A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. Nic Coury / AP These butterflies suffer when the mercury gets up to 100 ...

The population of the monarch butterfly — the official state insect of Texas — is continuing to decline. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

When a monarch butterfly finds a new home, it will create a silk patch around itself and hang upside down to enter the pupa stage. This layer is called the “chrysalis.” ...

The official state butterfly since 2000, monarch butterflies are facing a major ecological threat, according to experts. Local, Western populations of monarchs have declined by around 30% compared to ...