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Two monarch butterflies tracked from Canada to Tennessee refuge
Original: Here’s how 2 monarch butterflies were tracked from Canada to Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
Two monarch butterflies tagged in Canada have been tracked all the way to the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, documenting their remarkable southward migration. The journey highlights the monarchs' annual multi-thousand-mile flight to overwintering grounds and gives researchers rare data on the specific routes individual butterflies take. Local news coverage of the tracking effort is drawing attention to monarch conservation and the role protected refuges play along the migration corridor.
Why now: The unusually detailed tracking of individual butterflies over such a long distance is drawing interest from wildlife and conservation audiences.
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- Here’s how 2 monarch butterflies were tracked from Canada to Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge · WSMV
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