The latest official report of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico has just been released and offers some encouragement to those working to save the iconic species. The overwintering monarchs occupied 4.4 acres during the 2024 to 2025 winter season in Mexico – nearly doubling this past year’s acreage, according to the World Wildlife Fund-Telcel Foundation Alliance. The annual surveys are provided in collaboration with the Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
Continued monarch conservation needed
Monarch butterflies rest on common milkweed.
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