Did you know? Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly, who flaps about 20 times a second. Tragically, there too few pairs of these iconic orange-and-black wings these days. The annual count of migratory monarchs who spend the winter in Mexico was recently released. The results weren't promising. While population numbers showed an improvement over last year, this year's count remains perilously low and is less than half the size needed for monarchs to be clear of the danger of migratory collapse. These beloved orange-and-black buttterflies remain vulnerable to extinction. That's why we haven been working for over a decade to get them protected under the Endangered Species Act. Yet sadly, their status has been stuck in limbo since 2024. “It would be unforgivable for their epic migrations to collapse because of political cowardice on enacting range-wide protections for them," said Tierra Curry, endan...