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How can we help protect monarch butterflies?
Every year, monarch butterflies fly south for winter—sometimes traveling up to 1,800...
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Monarch butterfly migration explained
Learn about the monarch butterfly, including its annual migration to Mexico.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Rinus Baak/Dreamstime.com

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Texas milkweed
Texas, or white, milkweed (Asclepias texana).
© Robert and Linda Mitchell
common milkweed
Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seeds.
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showy milkweed
Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa).
Vicki Watkins
seed dispersal
Seeds and their dispersal mechanisms.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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