Schaumburg seniors work to nurture monarch butterflies, which could be at risk
The team of volunteers is trying to save monarch butterflies by cultivating milkweed — the only plant where they lay eggs.
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The team of volunteers is trying to save monarch butterflies by cultivating milkweed — the only plant where they lay eggs.
Butterflies play an important role in our ecosystem, but factors like habitat loss, pesticides and climate changes are contributing to a dramatic decline in population. CBS News correspondent Cristian Benavides explains how we can all make a difference.
Monarch numbers have been declining for decades and could end up on the endangered species list, which caught the eye of the county sheriff.
Conservation is probably not the first word that comes to mind when thinking of the Cook County Jail, but inmates there are doing their part to save a beloved butterfly. CBS 2's Noel Brennan showed us a habitat inmates are nurturing for the monarch.
Monarchs have recently been classified as an endangered species, and the museum is part of a worldwide effort to help them survive.
"It feels like you are giving life to the world," said Claudia Galeno-Sanchez.
