Monarch Butterfly Wing Research Tuesday, February 9, 2016 | Sacramento, CA Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. In this Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 photo, Anya Shortridge sits behind a monarch butterfly, newly emerged from a chrysalis, on a fruit basket in her living room in San Diego. Gregory Bull / AP Monarch butterflies continue to surprise researchers. A newly published study of California’s overwintering monarch butterflies shows that the butterflies birthplace doesn’t necessarily impact where it will spend winter months. Previous studies have indicated that the western monarch – butterflies born west of the Rockies – overwinter along the California coast. Meanwhile, eastern-born monarchs travel to central Mexico. The new study found both western and eastern originated monarchs along the California coast. The study was led by Louie Yang, a community ecologist in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and was published in the early online version of the print journal Ecograph. Insight talks with Yang about the study and why it’s important. After the crash: Butterflies rely on connections amid changing climate New plant ecology study challenges conventional wisdom
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