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The monarch vs. Monsanto battle has begun. A growing movement to save the butterflies by placing them on the endangered species list has pitted monarch supporters squarely against the biotech giant. A petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ...

Monarch butterflies are experiencing the worst population declines since record-keeping began two decades ago, and GMO products and herbicides could be to blame. Scientists and environmental professionals tasked with monitoring the species had hoped that during overwintering in Mexico, the ...

GMO corn may be to blame for the Monarch butterfly population decline. A steep drop in numbers occurred in 2013, according to the World Wildlife Fund and Mexican governmental officials. Approximately 60 million Monarch butterflies spent the winter in Mexico ...