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Monarch Population in California 'Booming'

If you missed it, you should to listen to what longtime butterfly researcher Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, says about California's monarch butterfly population. He's been...

A handful of monarch caterpillars from one narrow-leafed milkweed plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A handful of monarch caterpillars from one narrow-leafed milkweed plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a monarch chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a monarch chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A newly emerged male monarch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A newly emerged male monarch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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