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Historic Deal to Protect Millions of Monarch Butterfly Habitat Acres is Unprecedented
A new public-private partnership that includes 45 companies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will proved “a huge boost” to stem the...
Monarch Butterfly Population More Than Triples Over Last Year
Try to imagine 10 acres of woodland fields and branches dripping with butterflies. That’s what the remarkable comeback of the monarch species looked like...
Logging Plummets in Monarch Butterfly Mexico Reserve
Good news for the Monarch butterflies and their wintering grounds in central Mexico: The clearing of forests used by the butterflies has dropped to...
Wintering Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back in Mexico – Numbers Surge by 35%
Following a massive, 125-fold increase in western monarch butterfly populations in America, a 35% increase has just been recorded in the numbers of monarchs...
Amazing Quarter-Million Monarchs in 2021, Up From Just 2,000 the Year Before in Migration Count
The Xerces Society just released numbers from their annual Western Monarch Count—and the tally was remarkable.
The nonprofit announced that 247,237 monarch butterflies were observed...
The Most Stunning Moments For Animals in 2021 Will Make You Cheer – and Love Them Even More
While media outlets talk about the "Age of Extinction" for species, they never seem to include the multitude of good news—and there was a...
Monarch Population Soars 4,900 Percent Since Last Year in Thrilling 2021 Western Migration
When just 200 Western monarch butterflies arrived in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove from their northerly migration last year, park rangers feared the treasured...
Substantially More Monarch Butterflies Have Arrived in California to Overwinter Bringing Hope For Species
Migratory western monarchs are showing up at their overwintering sites in coastal California in far greater numbers—a sign of hope for the struggling population.
These...
Listen to Millions of Monarch Butterflies Make One of the Rarest Sounds on Earth: ‘Just like a waterfall’
Monarch butterflies, fluttering in their millions on 3,000-mile journeys, as luminous as stained glass. Seeing them mass migrate is one of the world's great...
A Monarch Visitation After Girl’s Death Has Dad Now Sending Milkweed Seeds to All Who Want to Help Butterflies
A week after Frank O’Donnell laid his 15-year-old daughter Keri to rest, he got a backyard visit from a monarch butterfly. Its bright orange...
Walmart Commits to Helping Save Pollinators By Mandating Change For Supply Chains
Without pollinators like bees, butterflies, birds, and beetles, some of our favorite foods would not exist—and Walmart has announced a set of plans in...
Large Blue Butterflies Were Extinct in England, But Now Those Beauties Are Back After 50 Years
After a 150-year absence, 750 of the aptly-named large blue butterflies have successfully emerged from their cocoons to repopulate parts of their historic habitat...
Wild Bison Are Returning to England’s Forests for the First Time in 6,000 Years
Kent Wildlife Trust is planning a reintroduction of European bison back into England after centuries restoring a West Blean ancient woods in Kent.
Soap Bubbles Delivered By a Tiny Drone Can Pollinate Crops If Bees Aren’t Available, Says Study
Japanese scientist Eijiro Miyako at JAIST has successfully pollinated a pear orchard using soap bubbles with pollen grains, hoping to find bee alternative.
River Running Through Zion National Park Will Be Protected Forever Thanks to the Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy bought the 419-acre property of Sheep Bridge along the Virgin River near Zion National Park, Utah, to protect it from developement.
Woman Saves Injured Butterfly, Repairing Its Wing to Help It Fly Again
If this 36-year-old artist had not performed a “wing transplant” on this injured butterfly, it may not have lived to fly again.
Seamstress Uses Expert Mending Skills to Repair Monarch’s Wing and Save Its Life
Instead of allowing a newborn monarch butterfly to perish because of its injured wings, this costume designer grabbed her tool kit and got to work.
Mexico Saves Millions of Monarch Butterflies by Stopping Logging in its Tracks
In 2013, conservationists voiced their concern over disappearing monarch butterfly populations in Mexico. Several years later, however, the government has ensured that the insects...
The Grateful Dead Helps to Save Bees and Butterflies Through Jerry Garcia’s Legacy
Jerry Garcia passed away 22 years ago, but the legacy of the lead singer of the Grateful Dead lives on in a new effort to...
Man Single-handedly Repopulated Butterfly Species in a City Using His Backyard
These pipevine swallowtail butterflies had completely vanished in San Francisco – but thanks to this DIY breeder, the species is back.