Captive-reared migratory monarch butterflies show natural orientation when released in the wild
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DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coab032
Abstract: Recent work suggests captive-reared monarch butterflies lose their capacity to fly southward in fall, questioning the value of captive rearing. We show that, in contrast to captive-reared monarchs flown in a flight simulator, monarchs reared… read more here.
Keywords: released wild; orientation; monarch butterflies; captive reared ... See more keywords