Science, Spoken

How a Group of Butterflies Managed to Fly 4,200 Kilometers Without Stopping

Science, Spoken

Show Notes

When butterflies not native to South America appeared on a beach in French Guiana, entomologists started sleuthing to prove where they came from—and how they might have got there.

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