Millions of monarch butterflies migrate up to 3,000 miles each autumn from North America to Mexico, but the IUCN declared the migratory monarch Endangered in 2022. Habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change have wiped out milkweed, their only breeding plant, and the western population fell about 99.9% from the 1980s to 2021.
Monarch Butterflies Face Extinction as Migration Shrinks
Source: Times of India