Climate Crisis Pushes Migratory Monarch Butterflies Onto Endangered List

Photo caption: A monarch butterfly settles on a milkweed plant flower in Toronto on July 8, 2022. Photo credit: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd. / NurPhoto via Getty Images. Article by Jake Johnson. Common Dreams – July 21, 2022.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature on Thursday formally listed the beloved migratory monarch butterfly as endangered, citing dire threats to the subspecies posed by the climate crisis, deforestation, pesticide use, and logging. Dr. Bruno Oberle, the director-general of IUCN—the world’s leading scientific authority on species conservation—said […]

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