The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. (NDSU photo)
We take the graceful beauty of the monarch butterfly for granted. This iconic species undertakes one of the world’s greatest migrations from central Mexico to southern Canada and back again each year. Despite its travel endurance, the species is still fragile as reflected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proposal to list the monarch as a threatened species under the Endangered ...
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