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"It's great to know that some of these will be going to Mexico to begin the process all over again," said Barry Moore. The metamorphosis from egg to butterfly takes approximately 30 days.

The population of monarch butterflies is in decline as a result of the destruction of their host plant, milkweed, due to pesticide use. Could genetically modified adaptations help milkweed survive?

Restoring the monarch: citizen scientists are out to save the endangered migratory monarch butterfly Toronto-based volunteers are growing milkweed, gathering data and repairing wings Aug. 7, 2022 ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby.

University of Guelph researchers say disappearance of the plant in North American breeding grounds is most important factor in butterflies’ decline — estimated at 90 per cent this year.

The western monarch population, found west of the U.S. Rocky Mountains and winters on the California coast, has plummeted 99.9 per cent in recent decades, from around 10 million in the 1980s to ...

On Jan. 4, 2015 a kaleidoscope of monarch butterflies hung from a tree branch in the Piedra Herrada sanctuary in Mexico. Illegal logging is eating away at the butterfly’s habitat.

The Western Monarch Count has reported a peak population of just 9,119 butterflies this winter, down from approximately 200,000 overwintering butterflies counted each year over the past three years.

Several areas could then be preserved in Quebec, including what’s become known as the monarch fields, a butterfly feeding and breeding ground adjacent to the 18-hole Dorval golf course near ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added the butterfly to their endangered Red List. The bright orange wings of the migratory monarch are a hallmark of Canadian summers.

PACIFIC GROVE — Monarch butterfly numbers are down this year entering prime counting season, but experts aren’t panicking yet. “Butterfly populations are bouncy,” said Isis Howard, an ...