Monarchs don’t much care for heavy metal!
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July 7, 2021
Heavy metals are found naturally in the Earth’s crust. However, human activity stirs up an important amount of these metals into the environment...Read more
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A Giant Swallowtail Butterfly’s Impressive Journey Northward
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March 10, 2021
You may have noticed specimens of a very beautiful butterfly last summer. It’s one that’s hard to miss: the giant swallowtail is the largest...Read more
Monarchs know how to take care of themselves
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February 24, 2021
Living organisms are constantly confronted by a broad diversity of parasites of every sort. The last several months have shown us that we humans are...Read more
Monarchs and milkweed, a complex relationship
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July 1, 2020
The monarch butterfly depends on milkweed to survive, the plant being the caterpillars’ only food source. It’s a system that seems really simple ‒...Read more
A summer searching for monarchs and milkweed
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May 15, 2020
Community science programs are of great importance for research in conservation, especially in the case of the monarch butterfly. Nevertheless, it is...Read more
Are western monarch butterfly populationy endangered?
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February 26, 2020
When we talk about the monarch butterfly, we’re generally referring to the “eastern population,” which stretches, in Canada, from the eastern Rockies...Read more
When monarchs roost
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October 9, 2019
It’s autumn, and monarchs are gradually heading south. During their migration they make stops, sometimes in large numbers. Let’s take a look at the...Read more
Let’s leave the monarchs in their habitat
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August 19, 2019
Monarchs are sometimes collected in their natural habitat so that they can be reared in captivity. A number of breeders want to help the endangered...Read more
Butterflies… as adapted as can be!
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March 20, 2019
Butterflies have existed on Earth for more than 200 million years. In the beginning they would have lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs, with a...Read more
What’s the monarch’s favorite milkweed?
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February 27, 2019
In North America there are over 90 species of milkweed, four of which are native to Québec. Are monarch butterfly females more attracted by certain...Read more
