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Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm

Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm

SANTA CRUZ: As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly magical migration pattern.The colorfully winged insects that travel vast distances over the course of generations have been closely watched in the US state since they neared extinction just three years ago.As the sun rose one January morning, volunteers began counting monarch butterflies, finding them clustered atop cypress and eucalyptus trees in various sites along the California coast.The butterflies huddled in clusters of gray colonies until one spread its wings to reveal the orange spots for which they are known.The sight provided a bit of reassurance for Stephanie Turcotte Edenholm, who counted more than a thousand monarchs at a sanctuary in the California coastal town of Pacific Grove.The educator spent much of the morning explaining the lives of the butterflies to young school students. They got to watch as dozens of butterflies

The U.S. Sun, Benzer haberler