The Salinas Californian on MSN6d
Monarch butterfly numbers hit near record low in California. Here's why that matters
Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...
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Monarch butterflies could be listed as a threatened species. What does that mean for agriculture?
ASGA's vice president of science and innovation told sugarbeet growers the potential listing of monarch butterflies as ...
The Salinas Californian6d
Monarch butterfly numbers hit near record low in California. Here's why that matters
The 28th annual Western Monarch Count reported just 9,119 butterflies, the second lowest overwintering population recorded since tracking began in 1997, according to the Xerces Society for ...
The Associated Press on MSN4d
Extreme heat may doom monarch butterflies in the Southwest
The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in ...
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Monarch butterflies face steep decline in the Western U.S.
Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. have dropped to just 9,119 this year. In 2023, the count was 233,394, meaning a 96% decline.
The Weather Network on MSN5d
Experts noted 96 per cent decline in monarch population in parts of U.S. in 2024
In 2023, it counted more than 230,000 butterflies and, on Friday, the organization announced that in 2024, it only saw 9,119 ...
The Weather Network5d
Experts noted 96 per cent decline in monarch population in parts of U.S. in 2024
The number of monarch butterflies dropped by 96% in 2024 ... the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has counted monarch overwinter populations along the California coast, northern ...
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California’s monarch butterfly population at near-record low
The count of 9,119 butterflies this winter is a sharp decline from 200,000 reported in the past three years, but slightly up from 2,000 monarch reported in 2020.