While Arizona is famously named the Grand Canyon state because of the natural wonder (which has one of the most sought-after bucket list hikes in the U.S.), this vibrant, diverse region is so much ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

In 2023, more than 16,000 butterflies were counted at one local grove. The most recent count was a tiny fraction of that.

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western US has ... and inland sites in California and Arizona ...

“It’s scary because you don’t want to lose that phenomenon.” Western monarch butterflies migrate from Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and inland California to coastal ...