Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...

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Thanks to tiny new ultralight radio tags small enough for a fragile butterfly to carry, scientists are getting a rare, real-time look at how western monarchs move through their winter habitat. It’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- When this monarch butterfly hits the sky it won't be traveling alone. In fact, an energetic team of researchers will be following along with a revolutionary technology that's ...

Scientists are putting backpacks on butterflies at Ellwood Mesa. These “backpacks” are brand new, solar-powered radio tags that weigh about as much as a few grains of rice. For the first time ever, ...

(KWQC) - Scientists are tracking monarch butterflies on their epic journey from Canada to Mexico for the first time using tiny solar-powered radio tags. The tags weigh just 60 milligrams — about three ...

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...

Upcoming multiteam MOBA game Project ZETA announced today that signups are open for its next beta test, which will begin on Steam on December 12. This final closed beta will be the last chance to jump ...

Monarch butterflies from the western United States have arrived in Santa Cruz and other parts of the California Coast, clumping in the thousands on branches of Monterey pine, coastal redwoods and ...