Eucalyptus trees on Albany Hill are wasting away from blight. Some people may cheer—but these trees are also home to endangered monarchs.
October 20, 2022 •
A Last-Chance Plan to Save the Monarchs
August 10, 2021 •
A small group of scientists hopes a last-chance effort can save the western monarch butterfly, like it did for the California condor.
With No Sign of Monarch Rebound, Butterfly Experts and Enthusiasts Meet and Plan
January 16, 2020 •
Most everyone wants to save the monarch butterflies. But it turns out that when you put a bunch of lepidopterists, land managers, gardeners, and butterfly enthusiasts in one room — in a blaze of monarch T-shirts, monarch scarves, monarch earrings, … Read more
Butterflies are More than Party Favors
July 23, 2019 •
I once spit my dinner across a room. I was watching the local news in the fall of 2008, and the story showed the opening day of the new California Academy of Sciences building. My brains left my body as … Read more