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Beloved monarch butterflies now listed as endangered

FILE - A Royal Bengal tiger rests at its enclosure at the Alipore zoo in Kolkata, India, Monday, July 29, 2019. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature announced new estimates for global population of tigers, which are 40% higher than the most recent estimates from 2015. The new figures, of between 3,726 and 5,578 wild tigers worldwide, reflect better methods for counting tigers and, potentially, an increase in their overall population, said Dale Miquelle, coordinator for the nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society’s tiger program. They still remain designated as “endangered” of extinction. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File) FILE - Monarch butterflies land on branches at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature said migrating monarch butterflies have moved closer to extinction in the past decade – prompting scientists to officially designate them as “endangered." (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File)