Odum School of Ecology Assistant Research Scientist Andy Davis has been interviewed by several news outlets about a paper he recently published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity. Davis found no evidence of a decline in monarch populations at two sites with 17 years of census data. He states that while the monarch population appears stable for now, the species faces many threats to its long-term persistence. In Midwest, Flutters May Be Far Fewer
The New York Times
Andrew Pollack, July 11, 2011

Monarchs, Redux
Conservation Magazine
David Malakoff, July 9, 2011

The Mystery of the (Maybe) Missing Monarchs
Wired Science
Danielle Venton, July 6, 2011

Mystery of the missing monarch butterflies
NewScientist
Michael Marshall, 23 June 2011