Scientists from the Wildlife Service and US Fish announced on Monday that the monarch butterfly could become extinct in the near future and was placed under the federal protection of the Endangered species act. The recent announcement comes a year after the agency tried to determine whether the monarch butterfly is indeed an endangered species and is in immediate need of protection. Tierra … [Read more...]
Monarch butterflies At A Record Low
A new report, based on a December 2013 survey of Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve said that One of North America’s most stunning and little-understood phenomena of the annual winter migration to central Mexico by millions of monarch butterflies from the northern United States and Canada, is in danger of disappearing. Report from World Wildlife Fund, Mexico's Environment Department … [Read more...]