The Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Grove used to be California's largest wintering site for monarch butterflies, but in 2024, only 30 butterflies were counted.
Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...
The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in ...
This year the organization counted 9,119 monarchs, the second-lowest total since tracking began in 1997. The organization has ...
While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...
This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...
The number of monarch butterflies in California is in sharp decline this year. This is the second-lowest population recording ...
Overwintering populations of monarch butterflies in California have reached a near all-time low since records began, conservationists announced on Thursday. The ...
We know small populations are especially vulnerable to environmental fluctuations, and we think that’s what happened this ...