Climate change blamed for 15% drop in migrating Monarch butterfly population
Climate change and a copper mine challenge a smaller monarch butterfly migration… Read More
Bracken Cave bats moving north from Mexico two weeks earlier, more overwintering in Texas
Migrating bats arriving two weeks early to Texas from Mexico. … Read More
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival soars in San Antonio
The Texas Butterfly Ranch’s 2017 Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival Soars in San Antonio… Read More
"Monarchy" members Chip Taylor, Elizabeth Howard to join Butterflies w/o Borders Panel
Monarch butterfly conservation rock stars Chip Taylor of Monarch Watch and Elizabeth Howard of Journey North will join a “Butterflies without Borders” panel discussion on the Monarch Butterfly Migration and Our Changing Climate in San Antonio. … Read More
Border wall at National Butterfly Center violates property rights and worse
If I ever pulled up to our Llano River ranch road to find a work crew, heavy machinery, pink flagged survey stakes, and trees slashed to the ground, I’d likely grab my husband’s shotgun. But Marianna Treviño Wright, director of … Read More
Monarch butterflies head north as Mexican scientists try to move their forest
Stressed Monarch butterflies head our way as Mexican scientists try to move their overwintering forest.… Read More
Monarch butterfly migrating population drops 27%, freak sleet storm to blame
Officials in Mexico announced Wednesday that the population of migrating Monarch butterflies dropped 27% this season, marking a setback in two consecutive years of growth from the historic low of 2014. A freak sleet storm gets the blame. Just last year, … Read More
Weather extremes create quandary: what to do with late season butterflies?
What to do with late season butterflies when the weather turns cold.… Read More
Q & A: Dr. Anurag Agrawal challenges Monarch butterfly conservation conventional wisdom
Contrarian Dr. Anurag Agrawal dared to suggest that the focus on milkweed in Monarch butterfly conservation might be misplaced.… Read More
Climate Change and the Monarch Butterfly Migration Symposium tackles tough questions
Climate change and the Monarch butterfly migration tackles tough questions with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and citizen scientists… Read More