Catching-up on Monarch Butterflies

It is the time for the Great Journey South for the Monarch butterflies of North America.  The super-generation of monarchs, who are the great-great-grandchildren of the monarchs that left overwintering…

Monarch Update: Early Spring 2023

The Marvelous Mysterious Monarch butterfly has been in the news again – some good news and some not-so-good news – at least, I  think so.

California Monarchs — Too Much Activism

“Arthur Shapiro, a UC Davis professor who has studied monarch butterflies for the past six decades, described the rationale behind the bans as “hogwash.”

No, children, the Monarch Butterfly is Not Endangered

Monarchs are officially, even by the overly cautious IUCN, considered to be of Least Concern of being endangered or going extinct.