Migration Update: April 13, 2007 |
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Today's Report Includes:
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Answers from the Expert >> |
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The Migration: Maps, Questions and Highlights | ||||||||||||
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Answers from the Expert: Dr. Karen Oberhauser >> | ||||||||||||
Why don't monarchs cross the Rocky Mountains regularly? How do they find milkweed? Can butterflies hear sounds? Monarch expert Dr. Karen Oberhauser needs no introduction to most of our readers. She is known among students, teachers, and her scientist-colleagues alike. Follow the link to this week's answers and learn more about monarchs at Karen's "Monarch Lab" website. Answers from the Expert >> |
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Conservation News: Dr. Brower's Research Just Published >> |
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It's always said that monarch butterflies go to the same dozen wintering sites in Mexico every year. But how do scientists know? For the first time, two scientists flew over the overwintering region to verify from the air what had been seen on the ground for the past 30 years.
Listen to Dr. Brower describe the research that he and his NASA colleague, Dan Slayback, just published. You can read the original scientific paper — and see if you can see butterflies from an airplane. |
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Other News: How Many Eggs Can a Monarch Lay? >> | ||||||||||||
How many eggs can one monarch butterfly lay? Check in with Ms. Monarch this week. You're sure to be surprised.
The monarch
migration is unique because it takes two generations to complete. Ms.
Monarch's life story gives us clues about when and where the next generation
will appear. >> |
Ms. Monarch's Egg Laying Calendar |
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Links: Monarch Butterfly Resources to Explore | ||||||||||||
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More
Monarch Lessons and
Teaching Ideas! |
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The Next Monarch Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 20, 2007.
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