Posts Tagged: declining population

Art Shapiro: California's Monarchs 'on Life Support'

California's monarch population is rapidly declining. They're on life support. What actions should we take? A group of invited guests--invited by...

Butterflies roosting in the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Nov. 26, 2015. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Butterflies roosting in the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Nov. 26, 2015. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch will soon eclose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch will soon eclose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male monarch on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A male monarch on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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