Nearly 90 percent of the monarch butterflies in the Western U.S. spend their winters along the California coastline and the majority of them come here to the Central Coast. Conservationists hope ...

More than a dozen volunteers planted 850 milkweeds throughout the Spring Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday as part of a budding monarch butterfly habitat conservation project. Through a grant from ...

With butterfly season starting at Ellwood Mesa, the city of Goleta, Ellwood Friends, and the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade are inviting area residents of all ages to help restore and protect the ...

Hammered by habitat loss and synthetic insecticides, the eagle, the abiding symbol of American strength and freedom, had all but vanished from our landscapes. From backyard birders to federal agencies ...

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I struggled to catch my breath, but it had nothing to do with the 10,000-foot altitude. All around me, millions of monarch ...

every year, at the beginning of November, one of the most impressive natural spectacles in the world takes place in Michoacán, Mexico. Hundreds of millions of migrating monarch butterflies settle in ...

WILLMAR — In its third year of protecting and enhancing monarch butterfly habitat in county road right of ways, Kandiyohi County has been recognized for its efforts by the Association of Minnesota ...

The Texas agriculture commissioner criticized a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend federal protections to the monarch butterflies that migrate across North America. The wildlife ...

A butterfly meadow at Powell Gardens outside Kansas City. The Highway 13 Butterfly Trail will pass through 12 western Missouri counties and feature gardens, art installations, and research facilities.

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign for the future of the beloved ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monarch butterfly at the Coastal Access Monarch Butterfly Preserve in Los Osos, Calif., on Jan. 20. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles ...