Monarch Butterflies Struggle as Feds Delay Protection
In the last six years, many voluntary efforts have been made to help boost monarch populations—including milkweed planting (the plant that monarchs need to re...
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In the last six years, many voluntary efforts have been made to help boost monarch populations—including milkweed planting (the plant that monarchs need to re...
Over the last several decades, there has been a drastic decline in milkweed—the monarch caterpillar’s only food source—due to the broadscale use of the he...
How does a plant-killing herbicide affect a butterfly? Because it decimates milkweed, the only plant on which monarchs lay their eggs and on which monarch cater...
And the international community should hold them to it....
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The yearly count of the eastern population of North American monarch butterflies increased dramatically this year. Spanning 6.05 hectares of oyamel forests, the...
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