At Santa Barbara County’s butterfly sanctuary, the Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove at Ellwood Mesa, the fluttering orange and ...

More than 70 volunteers recently appeared at the Goleta Butterfly Grove on Ellwood Mesa to plant trees and save butterflies.

An iconic critter will arrive on the coasts of California soon, and conservationists want the public to help keep a look out ...

WORRIED ABOUT THE BUTTERFLY... WHICH HAS ALREADY ON THE CANDIDATE LIST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES.### IT ONLY TAKES A QUICK WALK-THROUGH PACIFIC GROVE BEFORE YOU NOTICE A LACK OF BRIGHT ORANGE WINGS ...

Volunteers help plant eucalyptus trees on Saturday within the Ellwood Butterfly Grove to help restore the grove as a habitat for monarchs. The volunteer day was hosted by the Santa Barbara Bucket ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. - A record-low number of only 197 western monarch butterflies were recently counted at the Pismo State Beach butterfly grove. "Previously, there was so many more butterflies," ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened after an estimated 80% decline in its migratory population. With this listing, monarchs could be given more ...

Fewer-than-usual monarch butterflies migrated through San Luis Obispo County this winter, according to data from the conservation-focused nonprofit the Xerces Society. “It feels like a punch to the ...

Makayla Richardson is your community news reporter covering southern San Luis Obispo County, including Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Nipomo. California ...

The official state insect of Texas is in trouble. The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate ...

While a devastatingly low number of monarch butterflies migrate to San Luis Obispo County this winter, the federal government has proposed listing the insect as threatened under the Endangered Species ...