MADISON, Wisconsin — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing ...

For the past three years, more than 200,000 western monarch butterflies spent their ... since the count first began in 1997. While the butterfly’s population has been declining for years ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate ...

The results coincide with monarch butterflies being proposed for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It is the second lowest overwintering population recorded since tracking began in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo ...

FILE - A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File) ...

she featured Ori's pink and white birthday cake. The next photos showed Ori in her high chair, getting cake all over her face as she indulged in her birthday treat. The last snap highlighted how ...

alongside a photo of her blowing out the candles on her doughnut birthday cake at her bash. “It’s my birthday!!!!! 🎈 🥳😍😜Which for me is always a time for reflection and ...

one trend is clear — the Western Monarch butterfly population has declined by more than 95% since the 1980s, Howard said. With such a drastic population loss, the remaining butterflies are ...

This article delves into the lessons the butterfly teaches us about transformation and how its symbolic meanings can enrich our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. A couple of monarch ...