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    All About Monarchs: The Royals of the Butterfly World

    All About Monarchs: The Royals of the Butterfly World

    The Migration and Importance of Monarchs Monarch butterflies, which pollinate many different kinds of wildflowers, are among nature’s great wonders. Their annual migration is one of the most awe-inspiring on Earth: Each fall, millions of these striking black-and-orange butterflies take flight on a 3,000-mile journey across the U.S. and Canada to wintering grounds in Mexico’s […]

    Dicamba Drift Could Put 60 Million Acres of Monarch Habitat at Risk

    Dicamba Drift Could Put 60 Million Acres of Monarch Habitat at Risk

    Dicamba—a drift-prone herbicide linked to millions of acres of off-target crop damage across in 17 states—destroys mostly everything in its path except the crops that are genetically engineered to resist it. It’s so damaging that several states, including Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri have introduced temporary bans on the weedkiller. There’s now another reason to worry […]