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The Monarch's Compass

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Every autumn, monarch butterflies make one of nature's most staggering journeys — a 3,000-mile migration from the eastern United States to a single stand of...

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Every autumn, monarch butterflies make one of nature's most staggering journeys — a 3,000-mile migration from the eastern United States to a single stand of oyamel fir trees in the mountains of Michoacán, Mexico. What defies comprehension is this: no individual butterfly has ever made the trip before. The monarchs that arrive each November are the great-great-grandchildren of those that left the previous spring.…

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