Normally, this time of year for Bay Area residents means blooms of orange poppies, graduation announcements and hand-wringing over the San Francisco Giants’ record. But this year there’s something ...

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Tiny orange tortoiseshells are swarming the Bay Area — scientists point to ceanothus regrowth and a warm March.

It happens to every nature enthusiast at least once. You spot an orange butterfly with black markings hovering around a pretty flower and say, “Oh, look, it’s a monarch!” Except, on closer inspection, ...

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As monarch butterflies begin to show up along the California coast for their annual winter rest, called overwintering, environmentalists and those who love the imperial flutterers are nervously ...