Research & Related Links – Monarch Research

Monarch Butterfly Research

Science partner sites:

Monarch Watch

Journey North

Monarchs in the Classroom

Maryland Science Center

Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza

Where to Find Live Specimens for Classroom Use:

Monarch Larvae, Milkweed and Rearing Kits Available

Larvae
 at the University of Minnesota – ships to Minnesota and Wisconsin only

Larvae

Larvae, Eggs and Milkweed

Larvae, Adults

Life Cycle Kit

Milkweed and Larvae

Reading Materials for Younger Students:

• Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost, 2008 – pre-school-grade 2
• Monarch! Come Play With Me by Ba Rea – 6-12 year olds
• Monarch Magic!: Butterfly Activities & Nature Discoveries by Lynn Rosenblatt – 4-8 year olds
• Great Butterfly Migrations by Laura Marsh, National Geographic Readers, 2010 – grades 2 and up
• Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons, 2011 – grades 2-4
• Hurry and the Monarch by Antoine O’Flatharta 2005, grades K‐4
• Monarch Butterflies Life Cycles by Julie Murray 2007‐preK-3

Reading Materials for Older Students and Adults:

• 
National Geographic Magazine, article by Fred Urquhart, August 1976

• The Monarch Butterfly: International Traveler by Dr. Fred Urquhart
• The Monarch Butterfly: Uniting a Continent by Karen Oberhauser, Monica Missrie, Eduardo Rendon and Eligio Garcia Serrano, 2003
• Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage by Robert M. Pyle, 1999
• Monarch Butterfly: A Wonder of Nature, edited by Juan C. Morales and Salvador F. Crotte, published by Industria Fotographique Mexiquense Editorial De C.V., 2008
• The Amazing Monarch: The Secret Wintering Grounds of an Endangered Butterfly by Windle Turley, 2010
• Learning from Monarchs – A Teachers Handbook by Ba Rea, 2010
• Flight Behavior (Fiction) by Barbara Kingsolver, 2012

Recent Scientific Research:

• NSF funds research that reveals monarchs could hold key to probes that repair genes

 

Butterfly Organizations: North America

• Butterfly Conservation Initiative (BFCI)
• National Butterfly Association
• North American Butterfly Association
• Connecticut Butterfly Association
• Central Arizona Butterflies
• Carolina Butterfly Society
• MonarchButterfly.ca
• South East Michigan Butterfly Association
• Southern Wisconsin Butterfly Association
• Lepidoptera Research Foundation
• The Lepidopterists’ Society
• The Xerces Society

Rest of World

• The Butterfly Foundation (Australia)

Entomologist Organizations North America

• Entomological Society of America
• The American Entomological Society
• American Entomologists’ Society
• The Entomological Foundation
• Michigan Entomological Society
• The Entomological Society of Washington
• Entomological Society of Pennsylvania
• Entomological Society of Ontario
• Women in Entomology
• Toronto Entomologists’ Association

Rest of World:

• Entomological Society of Victoria (Australia)
• Münchner Entomologische
• National Insect Week (UK)

Corporate Sponsorships Helping Monarchs:

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