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members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace

There are 28 other monarchies in the world

Global Politics

Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here’s some other information about other royal families.

Japan

For the first time in 200 years, a Japanese emperor will give up his throne

Global Politics
Monarch butterflies at the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove in California.

‘The situation is desperate’ for monarch butterflies, but here’s the plan to save them

Environment
Monarch butterfly (Photo: Karen First)

The monarchs were missing this summer … and we and weather were to blame

Environment

Monarch butterflies threatened by loss of habitat

Environment

Monarch Migration

Monarch butterflies famously migrate from Mexico to the northern US each spring. New research suggests that temperature plays a large role in signaling the butterflies to get moving.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… the annual migration of Monarch butterflies — millions of them.

The World

Monarch’s Winter Home Threatened by Logging

Bob Carty reports from Mexico on the threat to the winter home of the migratory monarch butterfly. The monarchs migrate 3000 miles a year between Canada and central Mexico, but the mountain forests which harbor them during the winter are slowly being felled by logging.

The World

Monarch’s Winter Home Threatened by Logging

Bob Carty reports from Mexico on the threat to the winter home of the migratory monarch butterfly. The monarchs migrate 3000 miles a year between Canada and central Mexico, but the mountain forests which harbor them during the winter are slowly being felled by logging.

The World

Taggers At Work

It’s no easy task to track butterflies when they leave Pacific Grove, California, but some biologists are up for trying.