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Western Monarch Count
Despite a Lower Peak Season, Western Monarchs Start Spring in Higher Numbers than 2023
14. March 2024
Western Monarch Count Tallies 233,394 Butterflies
30. January 2024
New Year’s Count of Western Monarchs Reveals High Seasonal Decrease Following Severe Winter Storms
2. March 2023
New Year’s Count of Western Monarchs Tracks Population Decline During Overwintering Season
2. March 2022
Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count tallies nearly 250,000 butterflies
24. January 2022
The Bounciness of Butterflies
12. November 2021
Fifth Annual Western Monarch New Year’s Count Confirms Continued Decline in Western Monarch Population
1. March 2021
Remembering Bill Shepard, a Great Friend of Butterflies
28. January 2021
Western Monarch Population Closer to Extinction as the Wait Continues for Monarchs’ Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
19. January 2021
Monarch Population in California Spirals to Another Record Low
30. November 2020
Monarchs Overwintering in Mexico Down 53%
13. March 2020
New Year’s Count Finds Continued Decline of Monarchs Overwintering in California
4. March 2020
Thanksgiving Count Shows Western Monarchs Need Our Help More than Ever
23. January 2020
Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Kits Designed to Support Imperiled Western Monarchs
10. December 2019
Western Monarchs: Notes from the Field
21. October 2019
Photo Essay: Trinational Monarch Meeting and Exploring Mexico’s Monarch Overwintering Sites
7. March 2019
New Year’s Count of Western Monarchs Confirms Decline, Trends Seen in Previous Years
5. February 2019
Record Low Number of Overwintering Monarch Butterflies in California—They Need Your Help!
17. January 2019
Early Thanksgiving Counts Show a Critically Low Monarch Population in California
29. November 2018
Western Monarch Numbers Expected to Be Low this Year
15. November 2018
Very Low Numbers of Monarchs Overwintering in California may Reflect an Unusual Fall
2. February 2018
2017 Monarch Numbers Are Down, Lengthening a Worrying Trend
9. February 2017
Five Lesser-Known Places to See Monarchs Overwintering in California
23. November 2016
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