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Nature News
With No Sign of Monarch Rebound, Butterfly Experts and Enthusiasts Meet and Plan
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
Wildlife
The Importance of Having Insects
A number of sensational new papers warn of a global insect die-off. Has the apocalypse arrived in Northern California?
Urban Nature
In the Shadow of the Xerces Blue
San Francisco tries to change the conditions that once made it famous for butterfly extinction
Ask the Naturalist
Why Do You Find So Many Monarchs on Eucalyptus Trees?
Monarch butterflies are often found in huge clusters on eucalyptus trees. Why do they seemingly prefer these non-natives?
Stewardship, Wildlife
Western Monarch Population Hanging On
Monarch butterfly populations in California’s coastal overwintering sites showed a slight — and surprising — rebound in 2013 after more than a decade of dwindling numbers.
Wildlife
Monarch butterfly numbers are down again
Monarch butterflies are about half of last year’s numbers in the Bay Area. But that’s not saying all that much.
