Hopeful for the Monarch

This was a great weekend for monarchs. I saw more today than I saw in the last few years combined. I even had one lay eggs on the milkweed in the yard. It's good to know that so many people are on board to help. I've been giving away seed for many years but this year I had so many requests that I had to purchase more. I'm happy and hopeful that the migration numbers will increase from last year's count. There's still the climate threat but hopefully mother nature will spare in cold weather conditions.

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Butterflies could hold key to probes that repair genes

New discoveries about how butterflies feed could help engineers develop tiny probes that siphon liquid out of single cells for a wide range of medical tests and treatments, according to researchers. The technology could be used for medical devices, nanobioreactors that make complex materials and flying "micro-air vehicles" the size of an insect. View the Original article

Antarctic midge's genome is smallest in insects to date: Bare-bones genome is adaptation to deep freeze

Scientists who sequenced the genome of the Antarctic midge suspect the genome’s small size -- the smallest in insects described to date -- can probably be explained by the midge’s adaptation to its extreme living environment. View the Original article

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