How monarch butterflies' compass is wired for Canada-Mexico migration

Saturday, April 16, 2016 - 03:08 in Biology & Nature

How do you build a biological compass small and reliable enough to direct a monarch butterfly on its amazing 4,500-kilometre migration from Canada to Mexico each fall? Scientists say they think they've figured that out.

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