Monarch Butterflies

Monarch butterfly populations are shrinking at an alarming rate, which is why Idaho Fish and Game is asking for your help to count butterflies.

Idaho Fish and Game is looking for volunteers to survey milkweed patches and count monarch butterflies across the state this summer. Populations have dwindled over the past decade and scientists aren’t sure why.

Monarch butterflies are on the decline. Idaho Matters finds out why they are in trouble and what people can do to help.

Idaho Matters talks about how you can help save Monarch Butterflies with flowers and why nature is so important for your brain.

Idaho Matters talks about how you can help save Monarch Butterflies with flowers and why nature is so important for your brain.

Adult butterflies have struggled with a loss of habitat, pesticides, interruptions to their migration cycle, and finding nectar for food. But baby butterflies — caterpillars — only eat milkweed.

Easy-to-grow flowers help bees and butterflies in Idaho.

Growth and climate change are hurting pollinators in Idaho.

Wide open spaces, like much of Wyoming, are known to be strongholds for pollinators like butterflies. They often contain critical habitat and food...

This week, the northern spotted owl and the monarch butterfly were denied protections under the Endangered Species Act, even though both animals qualify.