PHOTOS: Monarch butterfly and other species in trouble
PHOTOS: Monarch butterfly and other species in trouble
A monarch butterfly rests on a milkweed plant at the waters edge at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford, Del., Monday, July 29, 2019. Farming and other human development have eradicated state-size swaths of its native milkweed habitat, cutting the butterfly’s numbers by 90% over the last two decades. It is now under considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fresh monarch butterfly wing is seen soon after it emerged in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A detail of a milkweed seed pod is seen at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford, Del., Monday, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A swallowtail butterfly perches on a milkweed flower at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The monarch butterfly wing pattern is seen though its transparent chrysalis in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly hangs near its chrysalis soon after emerging in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fresh monarch butterfly hangs on its chrysalis soon after it emerged in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A nessus sphinx moth flies near blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly perches on milkweed in a field at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
An Eight-spotted Forester caterpillar is seen at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dogbane beetles on milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A bee flies toward a blooming milkweed at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Two newly emerged monarch butterflies sit in a container before being released in Laura Moore’s yard in, Greenbelt, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Laura Moore, right, directs a newly emerged monarch butterfly from her finger to her 3-year-old neighbor Thomas Powell in her Greenbelt, Md., yard, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly rests on a milkweed plant at the waters edge at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford, Del., Monday, July 29, 2019. Farming and other human development have eradicated state-size swaths of its native milkweed habitat, cutting the butterfly’s numbers by 90% over the last two decades. It is now under considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly rests on a milkweed plant at the waters edge at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford, Del., Monday, July 29, 2019. Farming and other human development have eradicated state-size swaths of its native milkweed habitat, cutting the butterfly’s numbers by 90% over the last two decades. It is now under considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fresh monarch butterfly wing is seen soon after it emerged in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fresh monarch butterfly wing is seen soon after it emerged in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A detail of a milkweed seed pod is seen at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford, Del., Monday, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A detail of a milkweed seed pod is seen at Abbott’s Mill Nature Center in Milford, Del., Monday, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A swallowtail butterfly perches on a milkweed flower at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A swallowtail butterfly perches on a milkweed flower at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The monarch butterfly wing pattern is seen though its transparent chrysalis in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The monarch butterfly wing pattern is seen though its transparent chrysalis in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly hangs near its chrysalis soon after emerging in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly hangs near its chrysalis soon after emerging in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fresh monarch butterfly hangs on its chrysalis soon after it emerged in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fresh monarch butterfly hangs on its chrysalis soon after it emerged in Washington, Sunday, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A nessus sphinx moth flies near blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A nessus sphinx moth flies near blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly perches on milkweed in a field at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A monarch butterfly perches on milkweed in a field at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
An Eight-spotted Forester caterpillar is seen at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
An Eight-spotted Forester caterpillar is seen at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dogbane beetles on milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dogbane beetles on milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A bee flies toward a blooming milkweed at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A bee flies toward a blooming milkweed at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Two newly emerged monarch butterflies sit in a container before being released in Laura Moore’s yard in, Greenbelt, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Two newly emerged monarch butterflies sit in a container before being released in Laura Moore’s yard in, Greenbelt, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Laura Moore, right, directs a newly emerged monarch butterfly from her finger to her 3-year-old neighbor Thomas Powell in her Greenbelt, Md., yard, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Laura Moore, right, directs a newly emerged monarch butterfly from her finger to her 3-year-old neighbor Thomas Powell in her Greenbelt, Md., yard, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Trump administration’s new order weakening the Endangered Species Act could well make things worse for the monarch, one of more than 1 million species that are struggling around the globe.