Monarch population rebounds as NRDC sues EPA for not stopping ‘Armageddon’–Are GMOs the problem?

Arthur Doucette | March 17, 2015 | Genetic Literacy Project

The latest yearly count of the monarch butterfly shows a dramatic increase in their numbers, partly reversing at least temporarily recent sharp declines. Scientists with World Wildlife Fund Mexico estimate that some 56.5 million monarchs gathered for the winter after their trek across the United States—up more than 60 percent from last year, when 34 million were counted in Mexico’s Sierra Madre.
While the rebound is heartening, the overall picture is still not good, as the rebound came from very low levels, and remains well below the numbers over the past 21 years. Butterfly migration counts in Mexico, their primary winter resting place, have only been kept since 1994......To Read More.....