Monarch butterfly
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Monarch butterflies, once a familiar sight, are plummeting toward extinction due to landscape-scale threats from pesticides, development and global climate change.
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Annual migration of monarch butterflies in California shows sign of resurgence : NPR
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US launches plan to halt decline of monarch butterfly, Butterflies
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Monarch Migration — Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
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Monarch Butterflies Have Reached Endangered Status. But It's Not All Bad News. - Auburn Examiner
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Monarch Butterfly Rainforest Alliance
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September At-Risk Species - Monarch Butterflies • Nebraskaland Magazine
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The Monarch Butterfly and Day of the Dead - ECOLIFE Conservation
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The Best Place to Watch Monarch Butterflies Migrate Might Be This Little California Beach Town, Smart News
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How This Tiny Mexican Town Has Saved Their Monarch Butterflies—For Now - Atlas Obscura
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Monarch butterflies' white spots may help them fly farther, scientists say
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Local efforts underway to help protect monarch butterflies - Harbor Light News