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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 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.
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The decline of monarch butterflies
Not that long ago, monarch butterflies used to migrate in droves. However, over the last few decades, the number of these ...
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Experts noted 96 per cent decline in monarch population in parts of U.S. in 2024
For 28 years, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has counted monarch overwinter populations along the ...