The migratory western monarch populations travel to Ellwood Mesa in the fall and leave by spring. Their population has ...

Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue ...

The winter of 2023 offered more opportunities for photos depicting clusters of monarch butterflies in Pismo Beach. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News) PISMO BEACH, Calif. (CN) — In a small tree grove at ...

The monarch butterfly migration is off to a tough start this season - with fewer butterflies than usual fluttering to the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove. As of Wednesday, California State ...

A hand-constructed walkway winds to the Monarch Grove at Natural Bridges State Beach. Monarchs have used this eucalyptus ...

The monarch butterfly, perhaps the most recognizable butterfly in North America, is in trouble: since the mid-1990s, their population has declined 90 percent from its 20-year average, and their ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – From a distance, trees draped in monarch butterflies would glow orange and flutter in the sunlight. In the 1980s, overwintering sites along the California coast would attract ...

The number of monarch butterflies migrating to California over the winter has hit a near-record low, according to the agency that conducts the annual count. The 28th annual Western Monarch Count ...

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A Camarillo nonprofit founder believes a monarch butterfly preserve could be located where mature eucalyptus trees were cut ...

Makayla Richardson is your community news reporter covering southern San Luis Obispo County, including Avila Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, Arroyo Grande, and Nipomo. California ...