The monarch butterfly is Illinois' state insect and has held that distinction for 50 years — having been suggested for the honor by third grade classes in Decatur in 1975. But the butterfly is also in ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing the Monarch Butterly be protected under The Endangered Species Act. The agency announced its decision on Tuesday. “The iconic monarch ...
The California State Parks Foundation is asking Californians to track sightings of western monarch butterflies to help save the dwindling insect population. The California State Parks Foundation, a ...
MADISON, Wis. — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking ...
The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...
This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Anderson Cooper reports on the migration of the monarch butterflies, an annual spring spectacle during which millions of butterflies begin their trek north from ...