US scientists to study monarch butterfly numbers for protected status
For scientist Tierra Curry, the monarch butterfly is part of the American experience.
Ecology
Dec 30, 2014
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Genetic secrets of the monarch butterfly revealed
The monarch butterfly is one of the most iconic insects in the world, best known for its distinct orange and black wings and a spectacular annual mass migration across North America. However, little has been known about the ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2014
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Mexico sees sign of hope for Monarch butterflies
Experts in Mexico said Tuesday there is a tentative sign of hope for the mass migration of monarch butterflies, whose numbers dropped to their lowest level ever last year.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2014
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Monarchs and milkweed: Probing the plant, pollinator partnership
As dwindling populations of monarch butterflies prepared for their annual migration, two undergraduate students in the William & Mary Plant Ecology Lab spent their summer trying to more deeply understand the plants upon which ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2014
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Monarch butterflies plummet 90 percent, need protection
Monarch butterflies are dying off fast, with 90 percent gone in the last 20 years, and they urgently need endangered species protection, a coalition of environmental and health groups said Tuesday.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2014
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Monarch butterfly uses magnetic, Sun compasses, study finds (Update)
Each fall millions of monarch butterflies use a sophisticated navigation system to transverse 2,000 miles from breeding sites across the eastern United States to an overwintering habitat in specific groves of fir trees in ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2014
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Scientists unravel the genetic secrets of nature's master of mimicry
Scientists investigating how one of the greatest shape shifters in the natural world is able to trick predators to avoid being eaten have identified the gene behind the fascinating feat.
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2014
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Habitat loss on breeding grounds cause of monarch decline, study finds
Habitat loss on breeding grounds in the United States – not on wintering grounds in Mexico – is the main cause of recent and projected population declines of migratory monarch butterflies in eastern North America, according ...
Ecology
Jun 4, 2014
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Wing design proves a key factor in determining migration success of Monarch butterflies
Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies make a spectacular journey from the eastern parts of North America to reach their overwintering grounds in Mexico. Researchers have long known that not all butterflies successfully ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2014
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Skipping meals may affect butterfly wing size, coloration
High food stress may impact wing size and coloration—both indicators of migratory success—in monarch butterflies, according to results published April 2, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Haley Johnson from ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2014
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