Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) from eastern North America undertake a breathtaking, long-distance migration to their overwintering grounds in central Mexico 1,2,3.

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The location of the Monarch's overwintering site is in central Mexico North America's Monarch butterflies use a 24-hour "clock" in their antennae to help navigate the 4,000km to overwinter in Mexico, ...