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Monarchs Proposed to Be Listed as Threatened Species December 10, 2024
On December 10, 2024, “the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced its decision on whether to give monarchs protection under the Endangered Species Act… Read more
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Eastern Monarch Population Decreased in Winter 2023–24 February 8, 2024
“Every year, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)–Mexico, in collaboration with the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas in Mexico and the WWF-TELMEX Telcel Foundation Alliance, monitors… Read more
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Monarch Winter 2022–2023 Population Numbers Released March 21, 2023
On March 21, 2023, the World Wildlife Fund-Telmex Telcel Foundation Alliance (WWF) and the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas in Mexico (CONANP),… Read more
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International Crane Foundation Staff Visit Earth Focus Day Camp August 1, 2022
Earth Focus Day Camp sessions are exploring animal hideaways, water, soil, habitat, and climate. During the Wild about Water session, we studied aquatic macroinvertebrates –… Read more
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Director's Note: Migratory Monarchs Added to IUCN Red List as Endangered Species August 1, 2022
I spent much of the last week of July talking to reporters about the recent announcement from the International Union for the Conservation of… Read more
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Monarch Butterflies Are Now Endangered. Here's How You Can Help. July 30, 2022
As the only butterflies known to make a roundtrip migration like birds do, migratory monarch butterflies are used to traveling. Those that live in… Read more
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Monarch Butterflies Have Been Declared Engangered. What Can We Do to Save Them? July 24, 2022
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with conservation biologist Karen Oberhauser about why the migratory monarch butterfly was just declared endangered, and what can be done in response. Read more
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Director's Note: Of Birds, Butterflies, and Bats March 31, 2022
I checked something off my bucket list last week: I went to Nebraska to see sandhill cranes gathering in and around the Platte River. The… Read more
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From Minnesota to Mexico: How do monarchs know where and when to go? October 19, 2021
Monarch butterflies, Minnesota’s official state butterfly, spend their summer throughout the Midwest and migrate to Mexico in the fall to avoid the freezing winters. By… Read more