Beyond Milkweed: Monarchs Face Habitat, Nectar Threats
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
In the face of scientific dogma that faults the population decline of monarch butterflies on a lack of milkweed, herbicides and genetically modified crops, a new Cornell University study casts wider blame: sparse autumnal nectar sources, weather and habitat fragmentation.