Monarch Joint Venture Blog
2021 Thanksgiving Count Shows Almost 250,000 Overwintering Western Monarchs: Let’s Celebrate, and then Get to Work
With the 2021 Thanksgiving Count showing almost 250,000 overwintering western monarchs, conservationists are relieved, and also scratching their heads. Read More
Monarchs and Día de Muertos in Mexico
The annual return of monarch butterflies to Mexico coincides with Día de Muertos and carries strong cultural significance in Michoacán and the State of Mexico. Read More
Field Notes: State of Mexico, Mexico, January 28-February 1, 2019
Alison Cariveau, MJV Science Coordinator, shares her recent visit to Mexico to participate in the Trinational Monarch Science Meeting, and visit a monarch overwintering sanctuary. Read More
A 10,000 Foot View of Monarch Conservation
Monarch conservation has a rich history of science, discovery, and partnerships that has led us to today. As monarchs continue to face complex challenges in our changing landscape, it is important to understand where we’ve been and where we are headed. Read More
Monarchs Spring into Northward Migration
The long awaited monarch migration has begun! Monarchs streamed out of their overwintering grounds in Mexico en masse last week, signaling the start of spring and a new growing season of milkweed and monarchs. Read More