Spring usually unfolds slowly, carefully, like the wings of a monarch butterfly as it labors into its new life after escaping its pupa. This year, spring exploded, like the seeds of a ...

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Monarch butterflies overwintering along the California coast have declined by 96% in a year, with habitat loss, pesticides and extreme heat contributing to their second-lowest population in nearly ...

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

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Evie Kinkead, a junior at Aptos High School, pitched this story about a project she spearheaded to help monarch butterfly ...

More than 500 people braved the cold with their monarch butterfly signs — symbols of immigration, freedom, and movement — to ...

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.

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara.

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The findings challenge previous assumptions about butterfly migration and highlight the role of phenotypic plasticity.