Light Pollution Can Disorient Monarch Butterflies
Published:23 May2022 Source:University of Cincinnati
Besides planting milkweed in the garden, people interested in helping monarch butterflies might want to turn off the porch light.
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati say nighttime light pollution can interfere with the remarkable navigational abilities of monarchs, which travel as far as Canada to Mexico and back during their multigenerational migration.