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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing for added protections for the monarch butterfly after seeing a population decline of about 80%. The service announced a proposal to list the butterfly ...
The latter, at the time of its decision, estimated a decline of 99.9% for the western population since the 1980s and 84% for the larger eastern population since the mid-1990s.
Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed protecting the striking long-distance migrators under the Endangered Species Act after dramatic population drops. Monarch butterflies proposed for ...
Pollinator decline is the reduction in abundance of insect and other animal pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide that began being recorded at the end of the 20th century. Multiple lines of evidence exist for the reduction of wild pollinator populations at the regional level, especially within Europe and North America.
The decline was "apparent regardless of habitat type" and could not be explained by "changes in weather, land use, and habitat characteristics". The authors suggested that not only butterflies, moths and wild bees appear to be in decline, as previous studies indicated, but "the flying insect community as a whole". [1] [4] [52] [53] [54]
This subspecies of butterfly faces declining habitat which has contributed to its placement onto the list of federally threatened species. Like other endangered and threatened species of butterflies, in and around the Bay Area, the checkerspot is faced with rapid human development of areas once considered prime habitat.
Jun. 14—ATHENS — For years, scientists have warned that monarch butterflies are dying off in droves because of diminishing winter colonies. But new research from the University of Georgia ...
Monarch butterflies are known for their legendary migration routes, which they travel twice a year, in the fall and spring. Butterfly population 'plummeting toward extinction' in California Skip ...