As they wing their way across North America, millions of migrating monarch butterflies form a living river of orange. In this episode, the second of two podcasts on monarchs, we’ll meet citizens young and old who are dipping a toe in that river in the name of science and of beauty. Download a transcript of this podcast Image Credit: Victoria Reeder, iNaturalist.org. CC BY-NC-SA read moreDuration: 5:29Published: Tue, 14 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000
Every year monarch butterflies begin a journey north from their overwintering grounds in Mexican forests. The epic migration spans generations and the better part of a continent. In this first of two episodes, we’ll meet a pair of women united by their fascination with this iconic insect. Mexican geographer Isabel Ramírez and American biologist Karen Oberhauser are working to save monarch habitat on both ends of this remarkable insect’s 2,500 mile journey. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports. read moreDuration: 5:30Published: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:25:56 +0000
