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Fall | Winter | Spring | Life Cycle
Image: Elizabeth Howard
Photo Galleries and Video Clips
- Images: Explore the Monarch's Winter Habitat
- Video Clip: Pictures to Poetry
- Slideshow: The Monarch's Winter Sanctuary
- Slideshows: Life in the Sanctuary Region
Image: Dr. Lincoln Brower
Population Size
- Graph:Winter Population Estimate
- Slideshow: How Many Monarchs in Mexico This Winter?
- Activity: How Many Millions of Monarch Butterflies?
- Article: Storm Kills Over 75% of Overwintering Monarchs
Image: Dr. Lincoln P. Brower
Climate
- Slideshow: Temperature and Survival
- Activity: Current Temperatures
- Graph: Annual Temperatures
- Article: American Family Experiences Cold
Location
- Slideshow: Why is This Place So Special for Monarchs?
- Map: Location of the Overwintering Sites
- Facts: Mexico's Monarch Sanctuaries
- Map: Compare Winter and Breeding Range
Image: Perry Conway
Enemies
- Slideshow: Who's Been Eating the Monarchs?
- Article: Millions of Monarchs Eaten by Predators
- Observation: How Are These Monarchs Avoiding Predators?
Image: Jim Gilbert
Food
- Slideshow: No Food for Five Months?
- Activity: Looking for Food, Water, Shelter, and Space
- Graph: Annual Monarch Lipid Mass
Image: David Hind
Water
- Slideshow: Monarchs, Mountains and Moisture
- Graph: Dr. Brower’s Precipitation Graph
- Audio Clip: The Cloud, Mountain, Fog, Forest Connection
- Activity: Exploring Dew and Frost
- Observation: Where Do Monarchs Get Water in the Winter?
- Article: Water Resources for Families (Espanol)
Image: Dr. Lincoln Brower
Shelter
- Facts: Mexico's Oyamel Fir Forest
- Observation: How is a tree-trunk like a hot water bottle?
- Journal Page: How Does the Forest Protect Monarch Butterflies?
- Article: How Does the Forest Shelter the Butterflies?
Image: Dr. Lincoln Brower
Space
- Activity: How Many Butterflies on a Branch?
- Article: Monarch Colony's Use of Space
- Activity: How Much Space Does a Monarch Colony Need?
- Article: Seasonal History of a Colony
Image: Google Maps
Conservation
- Slideshow: Living With the Monarchs in Mexico
- Article: Monarch Conservation—It's About the Forest
- Article: Deforestation Revealed by Satellite Image
- Satellite Images: How Students Helped
- Maps: Deforestation 1971-1999
- Video Clip: Ranch Tour With Noemi's Dad
- Video Clip: Domestic Uses of Wood
- Activity: Geography and Migration
Image: Estela Romero
Ecotourism
- Activity: How Many Pesos to Visit Sanctuary?
- Photos: Ecotourism Safari
Image: Estela Romero
Culture
- Slideshows: Life in the Sanctuary Region
- Video Clip: Spanish Lesson with Noemi and her Dad
- Activity: Compare and Contrast Language and Culture
Image: Susan Myers
Arrival in Mexico
- Article: Discovery Tale
- Teacher Guide: The Arrival and Mexican Traditions
- Article: Watching the Arrival
- Activity: How Many Monarchs in the Photo?
- Photos: Fall Arrival
Image: Wayne Kryduba
Additional Resources
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