Monarch Clock Sun (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Monarch Clock Sun

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Researchers have modeled how the monarch butterfly integrates its internal clock with the sun's position in the sky to find the southwestern direction and fly toward it each fall.

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Eli Shlizerman

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