Tag: monarch butterflies
Mass die-off of Western Monarch butterflies linked to pesticides, study finds
Western monarch butterflies overwinter along the Pacific coast, but they are vulnerable to pesticide residue and drift from nearby farms and urban areas.
Western monarch butterfly population reaches its highest number since 2000
“It is difficult to watch monarch butterflies and their extraordinary migration teeter on the edge of collapse, but there are signs of hope.”
US Fish and Wildlife precludes listing of monarch butterfly on Endangered...
While the monarch butterfly remains a candidate for the list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found listing actions for 161 species on the National Listing Workplan a higher priority.
After a Year of Pledges and Promises, Are We Any Closer...
Thousands of acres of milkweed will be planted in the spring—but environmental groups say the focus on habitat isn’t enough.
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Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
Iran retaliation revives scrutiny of US military bases across the Gulf
Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites and renewed threats against American installations are exposing how decades of US military expansion in the Middle East have tied Washington to regional regimes while increasing risks of wider war.