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Despite being recognized as needing federal protection under the Endangered Species Act four years ago, the monarch butterfly waited behind dozens of other species facing more immediate threats.
A monarch butterfly feeding on milkweed. (Shutterstock) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing for added protections for the monarch butterfly after seeing a population decline of about 80%.
Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed protecting the striking long-distance migrators under the Endangered Species Act after dramatic population drops. Monarch butterflies proposed for ...
In Ontario, Canada, the monarch butterfly is listed as a species of special concern. [209] In fall 2016, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada proposed that the monarch be listed as endangered in Canada, as opposed to its current listing as a "species of concern" in that country. This move, once enacted, would protect ...
On December 12, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species and would designate the butterfly's critical habitat in accordance with the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. The FWS estimated in the proposed rule that ...
The results coincide with monarch butterflies being proposed for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Millions of butterflies were observed in the 1980s and scientists consider that a ...
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a species of butterfly that is currently listed as a species of special concern in the province of Ontario. [14] This migratory butterfly is found in Fathom Five Marine Park, as well as other parts of Southeast Canada and the Northeast United States during its breeding season in the summer. [15]
The monarch butterfly was first petitioned to be listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2014, but that effort was shelved due to more urgent population priorities.