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A Balcony View of Near-Extinction: Western monarch butterflies have been decimated by 99% since the eighties. Is there still a way to save them?

Western Monarch butterfly populations have fallen as much as 99 percent since the 1980s. A new study in the journal Science suggests a cause: warm Fall weather fueled by climate change. The warmth may mess with western butterfly migration and hibernation, and keep their predators active longer.