ENVIRONMENT
Monarchs in Danger
Monarchs are easy to spot. The butterflies have a bright orange-and-black pattern, and flutter across much of North America. But in recent years, people have been seeing fewer and fewer monarchs. In the summer of 2022, the butterflies became officially endangered.
One factor making monarchs’ lives hard is that they’re picky eaters. Monarch caterpillars only feed on milkweed plants. The insects also make incredibly long migrations. Every spring, they travel north from Mexico to the United States and Canada. This trip
