Monarch Watch is an educational outreach program based at the University of Kansas that engages citizen scientists in large-scale research projects.
In all the world, no butterflies migrate like the monarchs of North America. They travel up to three-thousand miles twice a year: south in the fall and north in the spring. To avoid the long, cold northern winters, monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains win
Number one reason to visit Animal Facts is the photos which you are free to use in a school report or on a personal web page.
"Despite their small size, butterflies and moths are some of the world's most wondrous animals.
Enchanted Learning is my monarch butterfly pick of the day for primary grades.
The Journey North project tracks monarch migration by collecting reports of the first sightings of adult monarch butterflies and monarch eggs found on milkweed plants.
Monarch Watch is a cooperative study of the monarch's fall migration promoting science education in primary and secondary schools.