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

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 ...

The Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Grove used to be California's largest wintering site for monarch butterflies, but in 2024, only 30 butterflies were counted.

The sands of time fall steadily in the hourglass of childhood. Opportunities to impart skills, life lessons, wonderment and knowledge go by each day. Parents have to make a conscious effort to do ...

What are we talking about? The majestic monarch butterfly, of course! Yet, there’s more to these bright-winged beauties than ...

Monarch butterflies make one of the largest insect migrations in the world, flying around 2,500 miles from the US and Canada to Mexico. During their migration they provide an essential pollination ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes listing Monarch butterflies as threatened, seeking public input until March 2025.

It’s been a rough year for the migratory monarch butterfly. The colder spring in the upper Midwest negatively impacted population numbers and the butterfly was classified as endangered by ...

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 ...