Western monarch butterflies cluster at the Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in 2016. (Connie Masotti) To the editor: As you note in your editorial, planting milkweed is critical to support ...

Last month the monarch butterfly was placed on an international endangered species list, due to the rapid decline of its population numbers to only 5-10% of its historical levels. There are things ...

To the editor -- There is something so deeply precious about watching a butterfly flit from bloom to bloom, a happiness that overcomes us in fascination at butterflies collecting communally in the mud ...

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There are few people who care enough about monarch butterflies to plant milkweed for them. They are a threatened species, due mainly to loss of habitat. The most effective way to help monarchs is to ...

To the editor — Location: Kalispell Bay, Priest Lake, Idaho. Time: Circa early 1960s. Season: Summer. Hundreds of monarch butterfly chrysalides hung on bushes. When the monarch butterflies emerged, ...