The number of monarch butterflies overwintering this year in Mexico has nearly doubled, according to the annual census data from the World Wildlife Fund.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — There is hope for monarch butterflies after the population nearly doubled in 2025, according to a news release from Commissioner Sid Miller’s office. Miller said a survey that ...
The number of monarch butterflies that spent the winter in Mexico doubled this year, giving hope for a species that has faced ...
Mesa Mayor Mark Freeman joined over 600 leaders across the U.S. that have restored more than 6,500 acres of monarch habitat.
The monarch butterfly population has declined in recent decades, leading to a proposed listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. People can help monarch butterflies by planting ...
The migratory monarch butterfly has a lifespan of two to six weeks, though the butterflies born at the end of the summer live eight to nine months in order to make the journey south and spend the ...
Butterflies have not been faring well north of the border. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has been counting western overwinter populations of monarch butterflies — a separate ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The eastern monarch butterfly population is growing, and Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says ...
A monarch butterfly lays an egg on a lab-grown milkweed plant at the Monarch Research Group on Aug. 10, 2016. (The Gazette) Adult monarchs feed on nectar plants. “We also need to make sure that ...