Tag: monarch butterfly

Mexico’s nature defenders put lives on line

by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias Agence France-Presse OCAMPO, Mexico (AFP) – In the fir forests of Mexico, one of the world’s most dangerous countries for environmentalists, the legacy of butterfly defender Homero Gomez lives on two years after his suspected murder. Despite the dangers of standing up to illegal loggers, fellow conservationists continue Gomez’s work guarding the El Rosario monarch butterfly sanctuary in Mexico’s central highlands. The agricultural engineer dedicated much of his life to protecting […]

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Trump wall could harm butterfly’s migration: Mexican official

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The monarch butterfly population dropped by a quarter in its Mexican wintering grounds this season and US President Donald Trump’s planned wall could affect its migration from Canada, Mexican authorities said Thursday. The orange and black butterfly covered 2.91 hectares (7.2 acres) of pine and fir forest in the 2016-2017 season, compared to 4.01 hectares the previous year, a 27.4 percent decline, the government said. The monarch population is estimated […]

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Canada caribou and monarch butterfly “endangered”: experts

OTTAWO, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s caribou population has reached “all-time low” levels, particularly in the eastern Arctic, where the animal was classified as endangered Monday along with the monarch butterfly, according to a committee of scientific experts. “Caribou are, sadly, very sensitive to human disturbances, and we are disturbing caribou more and more,” Justina Ray said in a report by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (Cosewic). “These stressors seem to be […]

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