Monarchs on the Move – How Do Butterflies Navigate?

This is the second writing sample that landed me my very first book contract. It’s written for young readers and based on some cool Canadian experiments that helped figure out how monarch butterflies navigate during migration. Monarchs on the Move Every autumn, monarch butterflies make an amazing journey.  They fly from their summer homes in the northeastern United States all the way to Mexico.  The trip takes two whole months, and it is dangerous.  But if they make it, monarchs have a nice warm place to spend the winter. Scientists understood why monarchs migrate, but could not figure out how the […]

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