Once, millions of monarchs wintered in California. But climate change, habitat loss, widespread pesticide use and disease ...

Aaron Weber spoke with Fox News Digital about 'Special Dish' premiering Friday, January 31 on YouTube.

This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

Monarch butterfly numbers at Pismo Grove have dropped significantly this year, according to the nonprofit Xerces Society’s ...

In 2023, more than 16,000 butterflies were counted at one local grove. The most recent count was a tiny fraction of that.

On Thursday, invertebrate conservation group the Xerxes Society released the results of their 28th annual Western Monarch ...

Just over 9,000 monarchs were counted in California last winter, the second lowest ever since the annual count began in 1997 ...

The Ellwood Mesa Butterfly Grove used to be California's largest wintering site for monarch butterflies, but in 2024, only 30 butterflies were counted.

Scientists are grappling with a stark population decline of the western monarch butterfly after the species’ numbers hit a ...

The proposal includes designating 4,395 acres of critical habitat for the western migratory population in seven California counties — including the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove.

A winter count of visiting monarch butterflies found a steep drop from previous years, which has scientists worried about the ...

A butterfly sits on a leaf at Monarch Grove ... Moreno estimates that over 80,000 people visit sites including Pismo State Beach’s monarch grove per year. California lawmakers have passed ...