Research & Related Links – Monarch Research
Monarch Butterfly Research
Science partner sites:
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
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:
- 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:
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
- International Butterfly Breeders Association, Inc.
- Lepidoptera Research Foundation
- The Lepidopterists’ Society
- The Xerces Society
Rest of World
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:
