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Where Have All the Monarch Butterflies Gone?

(March 20) -- For the beloved monarch butterfly, these are dire times. In the 1980s, as many as 170,000 monarchs would descend each fall and spring upon Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., to spend the winter in a seaside eucalyptus grove. This year, however, just 3,800 monarchs showed up, a new low in...

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09/15/11 Monarch Butterfly Monitors Training Set Source: Bandera County Courier - Bandera TX Butterfly enthusiasts and those who appreciate nature and the outdoors will have an opportunity to put their interests to good use by helping an imperiled species during a workshop designed to teach participants to carry out programs to monitor monarch butterflies.
09/12/11 Monarch numbers dropping Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada Once as common as a mosquito, the monarch butterfly is struggling to keep its place as thriving specie.
05/18/11 What butterflies see in Door County - Green Bay Press... Source: Peninsula Pulse - Sister Bay WI More winged visitors are flying to Door County, attracted by the local color, according to an organization that tracks the number of Monarch butterflies.