Hope Grows with Eastern Monarch Population Holding Steady
In a report released this week from the World Wildlife Fund Mexico (WWF), scientists determined monarchs occupied 2.84 hectares in December 2021, […]
Category: Monarch Population Counts
Western Monarch Populations Rally, Total Nearly 250,000 in 2021
The western monarch population saw an extraordinary rebound in 2021, according to overwintering count totals recently released by the Xerces Society. The […]
Early Sightings Fuel Optimism for Western Monarch Rebound
The official 2021 western monarch tally will not be known until early 2022 but early observations indicate a promising rebound for these […]
Migrating Monarchs Stop for Food at Virginia Drive-thru
The migratory generation of monarchs that departs for their overwintering grounds each fall relies on late season wildflowers to fuel their flight. […]
Research points to a changing climate, extreme weather events as contributing factors in monarch population decline
In a recent article, scientists, many from Michigan State, established how monarch populations respond to temperature and moisture. The findings indicated that […]
“All hands on deck” in Face of Eastern Monarch Declines
In a recent report from the World Wildlife Fund Mexico, scientists noted a 26% decrease in monarch butterfly overwintering population numbers […]
Alarming Western Monarch Population Count Calls for Magnified, Comprehensive Effort to Plant Pollinator Forage
Fewer than 2,000 monarch butterflies were counted in California’s overwintering sites this year, a dire indication for the viability of the western […]
USFWS: ESA Listing of Monarch Butterfly Warranted but Precluded
The Keystone Monarch Collaborative noted today’s decision from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that adding the monarch butterfly to the […]