The most detailed look yet at the monarch butterfly’s built-in clock suggests it’s an ancient model. The molecular mechanism that keeps the day-night rhythm in the butterfly’s brain shares features ...

During their winter migration to Mexico, monarch butterflies depend on an internal clock to help them navigate in relation to the sun, scientists have found. During their winter migration to Mexico, ...

The monarch butterfly, whose annual 2,000-mile migration has intrigued scientists for decades, navigates with tools human mariners have used for eons — a clock and a compass. Scientists already knew ...

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An ancestral circadian clock mechanism is defined in monarch butterflies, in which two proteins function as critical components. The proteins may also function as output molecules that connect the ...

During their winter migration to Mexico, monarch butterflies depend on an internal clock to help them navigate in relation to the sun, scientists have found. By studying monarchs inside a specially ...

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