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Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change.

https://apnews.com/article/monarch-butterflies-endangered-species-climate-habitat-f5d4844289ede7b3d76918cc6f98a5cc?

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Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate change take their toll on the beloved pollinator.

https://apnews.com/article/monarch-butterflies-threatened-winter-count-migration-8c9bff7c1f226d6837debb3c246387db?

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🦋 Vanishing butterflies
 
Illustration of a monarch butterfly with a question mark pattern on its wings.
 

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

 

The number of Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. is almost as low as it's ever been.

  • Extreme heat, drought, wildfires and pesticides are likely to blame. Temperatures last summer were hot enough to kill the butterflies. And milkweed plants, which sustain caterpillars, have been decimated.

🐛 Monarch populations have bounced back from big single-year drops before, but it's too early to say whether that will happen again this time, experts told AP.

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