Winged Messengers: Monarch Butterflies in Mexico’s Day of the Dead Celebrations

Each fall, like clockwork, clouds of monarchs descend upon the highland forests of central Mexico. Their arrival marks the finish line of a 3,000-mile journey: once in a lifetime, the butterflies fly south from their summer breeding grounds in Canada and the United States and return to the same oyamel fir forests as generations before them. Millions of fluttering orange wings blanket the forest, enveloping the branches that will shelter them throughout the winter months to come. How the monarch’s internal compass navigates them, generation after generation, to the same overwintering site remains a mystery. To add to the mystique, the annual migration coincides with the Day of the Dead celebrations. <a href="https://medium.com/@tiamerotto/winged-messengers-monarch-butterflies-in-mexicos-day-of-the-dead-celebrations-039b3b40a7bb">Click Here</a>