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    Sonia Altizer: What Can We Learn From The Migration Of Monarch Butterflies?

    Apr 30, 2021 2 minutes
    Source: University of Georgia

    Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Migration

    Monarch butterflies fly the longest two-way migration of any insect species. Ecologist Sonia Altizer shares how these intrepid butterflies make the journey — and how it's being threatened.

    About The Monarch Migration

    Each year, millions of monarch butterflies , from their summer breeding grounds as far north as Canada to their overwintering sites in the oyamel fir forests of, and it's also one of the best studied. In recent years, ecologists like Sonia Altizer have been able to better answer how and why these intrepid butterflies make the journey.

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