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A species once numbering in the millions has reached 5% of its population in the '80s. We can reverse this trend

The eastern monarch butterfly population was halved in just one year, finds the World Wildlife Fund, tasked with counting butterflies while they overwinter in Central Mexico.

For decades, scientists have alerted the public of this probable scenario, so it is unsurprising that the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas in Mexico — where the species' eastern population migrates for winter — announced earlier this week the species' lowest population on record.

The annual Thanksgiving count of monarch butterflies last fall saw a dip in the number of the insects at 256 overwintering sites on the West Coast, more in line with

Scientists and volunteers counted 233,394 butterflies at 256 overwintering sites across the West to track the threatened butterfly’s population levels, according to a Monday release.