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With today’s (January 9th 2016) Google homepage, Artist Kevin Laughlin
recognizes the 41st anniversary of an incredible discovery and the
singularly awesome beauty of the monarch butterfly.
In 1975, after a decades long search that involved thousands of volunteers and spanned an entire continent, Ken Brugger and Catalina Trail unlocked one of nature’s most beautiful mysteries: the overwintering place of the monarch butterfly.
The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve is a World Heritage Site containing most of the over-wintering sites of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly.
The reserve is located near Mexico City. Millions of butterflies arrive in the reserve annually. Butterflies only inhabit a fraction of the 56,000 hectares of the reserve from October–March. The biosphere’s mission is to protect the butterfly species and its habitat.
Most of the over-wintering monarchs from eastern North America are found here. Western researchers 'discovered' these areas in 1975, though local people had known of the sites before then.
The Reserve was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1980 and a World Heritage Site in 2008
Millions of butterflies travel south into Mexico, from Texas and clustering on pine Trees. If warmed by the sun, the butterflies take flight, the beating of their wings has been compared to the sound of a light rain.
Read more about Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch...
And, read details about this Monarch butterfly Google Doodle at https://www.google.com/doodles/41st-a...
In 1975, after a decades long search that involved thousands of volunteers and spanned an entire continent, Ken Brugger and Catalina Trail unlocked one of nature’s most beautiful mysteries: the overwintering place of the monarch butterfly.
The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve is a World Heritage Site containing most of the over-wintering sites of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly.
The reserve is located near Mexico City. Millions of butterflies arrive in the reserve annually. Butterflies only inhabit a fraction of the 56,000 hectares of the reserve from October–March. The biosphere’s mission is to protect the butterfly species and its habitat.
Most of the over-wintering monarchs from eastern North America are found here. Western researchers 'discovered' these areas in 1975, though local people had known of the sites before then.
The Reserve was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1980 and a World Heritage Site in 2008
Millions of butterflies travel south into Mexico, from Texas and clustering on pine Trees. If warmed by the sun, the butterflies take flight, the beating of their wings has been compared to the sound of a light rain.
Read more about Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch...
And, read details about this Monarch butterfly Google Doodle at https://www.google.com/doodles/41st-a...
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