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Butterfly Effect: Can Monarchs Avoid Extinction?

Why are monarch butterflies disappearing? You may know them for their amazing migration, but over the past few decades, monarch butterflies have been part of a vanishing act that has scientists worried. Conservation biologists Ashley Fisher and Isis Howard show us what it takes to track monarch butterflies at an overwintering spot as they try to figure out what’s behind the population plunge.

English
  • Originally Aired February 15, 2024
  • Runtime 11 minutes
  • Network PBS
  • Created March 13, 2024 by
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  • Modified March 13, 2024 by
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