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 ...

Monarch Butterfly Proposed to be listed as "Threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. Monarch Botanika: Skincare with Purpose, Supporting Monarch Butterfly Conservation. In a time when the ...

The proposal to list the monarch butterfly, and designate critical habitat, was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 12, when a 90-day comment period opened through March 12, 2025.

Adult monarch butterflies are large with bright orange wings, white spots and black veins and boarder. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending federal protections for the species as ...

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(Willmar MN-) Kandiyohi County Public Works Director Mel Odens says he was glad the county was recently recognized for it's efforts to save habitat for the Monarch ...

Connor Jandreau, Conservation Coordinator with California Central Coast Joint Venture, has been helping to rebuild monarch butterfly habitat in several Central Coast sites, including one spot in ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in December that the monarch butterfly be moved in its extinction classification to the "threatened" category. Currently, the monarch is not federally ...

On December 12, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Endangered and ...

Monarch populations have been declining since the mid-1990s, according to annual counts taken at the butterfly’s wintering grounds in high-altitude oyamel fir forests, mostly in the Mexican ...

The federal agency wants the monarch butterfly listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, with specific protections and flexibility to encourage conservation, it recently announced.

The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán receives as many as 300 million monarch butterflies each hibernation season. (Juan José Estrada Serafín/Cuartoscuro) Mexican scientists have ...