As California monarch butterfly populations plummet, Yolo County gardens help more take flight

The number of monarch butterflies has dropped dramatically in the state of California. If something does not change, they ...
Forbes

U.S. Eyes Threats To Monarch Butterflies, Survival Tied To California

Monarch butterflies return to California for the winter in November in Santa Cruz, California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as a threatened species ...

Iconic — and vulnerable — critters to arrive on California’s coasts. How to help

An iconic critter will arrive on the coasts of California soon, and conservationists want the public to help keep a look out for the endangered species. One way you can help is by reporting monarch ...
komonews

Western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year

SAN FRANCISCO — The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was, researchers said Tuesday. Volunteers who visited sites in ...
WBAL

California’s monarch butterflies critically low for 2nd year

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The western monarch butterfly population wintering along California’s coast remains critically low for the second year in a row, a count by an environmental group released ...
ksby

Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in the U.S.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

Santa Barbara Asked to Count Monarch Butterflies

Orange wings are on the move around Santa Barbara. The public is asked to keep watch for these wings to help track the area’s most royal of insects: monarch butterflies. Data collected by the region’s ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Southern California Butterfly Declared Endangered Species Candidate

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously today to declare the Quino checkerspot butterfly a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act, granting ...
Daily Breeze

See Monarch butterflies in Southern California? Scientists want to hear from you

With Western Monarch butterfly populations in sharp decline, scientists on Thursday urged Southern Californians to report sightings of the species to help track and protect it. The call to action ...
Center for Biological Diversity

State Protections Sought for Imperiled Southern California Butterfly

OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Endangered Habitats League petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today to list the Quino checkerspot butterfly as endangered under ...