The iconic orange-and-black insect is quickly dwindling in number, according to scientists:
Monarch butterflies land on branches at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., in 2021.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its"red list" of threatened species and categorized it as"endangered" — two steps from extinct. Haddad, who was not directly involved in the listing, estimates that the population of monarch butterflies he studies in the eastern United States has declined between 85% and 95% since the 1990s.
"It's a true spectacle and incites such awe," said Anna Walker, a conservation biologist at New Mexico BioPark Society, who was involved in determining the new listing.
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