Only three million Monarch butterflies made it to Mexico this year--dow from 450 million in our best years and 60 million last year. Some describe it as the "collapse" of the Monarch butterfly migration.
Dr. Chip Taylor told commercial butterfly breeders that the Monarch butterfly roosting sites this year will only occupy 1.25 acres in Mexico--down from an average of 22 acres.
No Monarchs on the Llano River this weekend. A disappointing end to a dreary season.
San Antonio butterfly buffs: joins us at the Rivard Report's Something Monday event, How to Tag a Monarch butterfly
Don't miss a (butterfly) beat! Here's how to track the Monarch butterfly migration from your desk.
In a case of caterpillar cannibalism, a Monarch butterfly caterpillar eats a Monarch egg for lunch. Plus: Llano River update.
Sometimes a blackhead is a good thing--when it signals the imminent hatching of a Monarch butterfly caterpillar, for example.
First of Season Monarchs spotted this weekend on the Llano River in a year that may be the worst in history for their migration. Thanks, drought.
Are these insects resilient or what? A Monarch tagged with Dr. Lincoln Brower in the drought of 2011 in the Texas Hill Country was recently recovered in Michoacan and reported to Monarch Watch.
My first day of earnest butterfly gardening of 2013 [...]