In 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed migratory monarch butterflies as endangered. Grow regional milkweeds and nectar plants to give these butterflies a boost.
Monarch butterflies are poisonous to predators because of the chemicals in the milkweed they eat as caterpillars. In just the 9 to 14 days of the larval stage, a monarch caterpillar can grow to 2,700 ...
Monarch butterflies could soon be added to the federal Endangered Species list, with a decision expected by year's end.
She called monarch butterflies a "canary in the coal mine" for pollinators and the ecosystem, a warning more needs to be done ...
Texas Butterfly Ranch founder Monika Maeckle has a new book, “The Monarch Butterfly Migration, Its Rise and Fall,” perfect ...
In San Miguel Atlautla, likely as a result of the efforts made by the Joya Redonda Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, the number of ...
GOLETA, Calif- This time last year thousands of western monarch butterflies swarmed Ellwood Mesa in Goleta This year an alarming four butterflies have ...
Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard ...
The iconic Western Monarch Butterfly historically migrated in the tens of thousands to the Goleta area, but this year, the ...