Nonprofit plants idea of butterfly preserve in Ventura housing area

A Camarillo nonprofit founder believes a monarch butterfly preserve could be located where mature eucalyptus trees were cut ...

Warmer world weakens butterfly defenses against parasite infections—which have tripled since 2002

Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...
The New York Times

In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading the way. The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals.
KEYT

City Halts Tree Cutting at Ventura Monarch Butterfly Habitat

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) - Tree cutting at a known monarch butterfly habitat in Ventura was halted after city officials arrived at the scene and ordered crews to stop work. Monarch conservationist Chris ...
SanLuisObispo

Monarch butterfly count very low in Pismo Beach. ‘It’s definitely disheartening’

The monarch butterfly migration is off to a tough start this season — with fewer butterflies than usual fluttering to the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove. As of Wednesday, California State ...
Mongabay

Saving critical winter habitat for monarch butterflies may depend on buy-in from their human neighbors

Monarch butterflies are in decline largely because of habitat degradation, including in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in the forested mountains of Central Mexico. Researchers looked at ...
The New York Times

We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.

Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico. Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys ...
Travel + Leisure

Thousands of Monarch Butterflies Migrate to California Every Fall and Winter—How to See Them and Save Them

Monarch butterflies migrate to California each fall to escape cold weather and cluster in coastal groves from October to February. Key viewing spots include Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz, Pismo State ...
Agri-Pulse

Final monarch butterfly ESA decision not likely to be finished this year, experts say

A monarch on a maximilian sunflower in the Todd Waterfowl Production Area in the Kulm Wetland Management District. (USFWS photo) A proposal to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the ...
LAist

Elysian Park welcomes its first monarch butterfly habitat with over 200 milkweed plants

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Austin American-Statesman

When is peak monarch butterfly migration in Texas? Track in real time on interactive map

The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...