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Monarch butterflies get tiny trackers to help scientists follow their mysterious migration

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Monarch butterflies get tiny trackers to help scientists follow their mysterious migration
Source: Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

As a child, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night's rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to hundreds of butterflies to find those critical stopover locat

As a child, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night's rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to hundreds of butterflies to find those critical stopover locations before they disappear.

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Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
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Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged

Flying across several time zones often causes jet lag, a feeling where the body insists it's the middle of the night while the clock says it's lunchtime. Now it turns out this nuisance is not exclusive to humans. A new Science study on Manx shearwaters, seabirds that can fly hund

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