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
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
Increased cash, awareness, rain, egg-laying: good news for 2015 Monarch butterfly migration
Monarch butterfly migration likely to be robust thanks to rain, fertile egg laying in the Midwest and raised public awareness.… Read More
2014: From Worst Year for Monarch Butterflies to Rebound, Increased Pollinator Awareness
Texas Butterfly Ranch’s top posts of 2014–from worst year for Monarch butterflies to a rebound and increased awareness of pollinator crisis.… Read More
Q & A: Grad Student Dara Satterfield on Tropical Milkweed and Monarch Butterflies
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Graduate student Dara Satterfield caused quite a flutter recently when she was featured in the New York Times as the co-author of a study looking at how Tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, may be effecting the health of Monarch butterflies and … Read More
Endangered Species Act Petition: Wrong Tool for Monarch Butterfly Conservation?
Endangered Species Act-wrong tool for the job of conserving the Monarch butterfly migration?… Read More
Plant Flowers, Sign the Petition and Celebrate National Pollinator Week June 16 – 22
Celebrate National Pollinator Week by signing the petition, planting flowers and deadheading. … Read More
Thanks, Climate Change! 9.5-inch Llano River Rain Dump Exemplifies Extreme Weather
Not the Memorial Day weekend we were planning: massive rain dumps 9.5 inches on Llano River. Thanks, climate change!… Read More
Resilience Required: Climate Change Turns up the Heat in the Butterfly Garden
Climate change will call for resilience and adaptability from gardeners, plants and insects.… Read More
Wake-up Call: As Monarch Butterfly Numbers Plummet, will their Migration become Extinct?
Pollinator devastation: rapid, severe Monarch butterfly migration decline a wake-up call … Read More