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Did you notice how few monarchs passed through this fall? Yesterday, the New York Times posted an editorial about the plight of monarch conservation. The…

Number of insect telemetry studies versus (A) time, (B) type of insect, and (C) main study aim. Black arrows in (A) denote the first time…

A new study looks at the effectiveness of using citizen science to teach in the classroom. “Findings indicate that the students enjoyed and were interested…

Map of the region, across which the wandering glider dragonfly is thought to migrate. Schematic track of migratory crossing from India to Africa is shown.…

The New York Times discusses dramatic declines in wintering monarch populations. Although the declines were noticed on the wintering grounds in Mexico, causes seem to…

Life cycle of the bog fritillary. Taken from Radchuk et al. 2013. “Population-level responses to climate change depend on many factors, including unexpected interactions among…

Vertical-looking entomological radar, including time/height plot of insect numbers and simulated migration trajectories. See Chapman et al. (2011) for more information. A recent paper in…

A new movie will soon to be released, which chronicles the migratory journey of the monarch butterfly. The movie also highlights the efforts of Fred…

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that migratory moths benefit considerably from their annual movements. Similar to migratory…

August, 2012: Mexican officials used anti-logging patrols and incentives to protect wintering habitat of the monarch butterfly. Their efforts have been very successful and illegal…