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Monarch butterfly migrations are a spectacle — and a key indicator of ecosystem health #TEDTalks

When monarch butterflies migrate, they produce one of the most iconic wildlife spectacles in the world — and provide us with an important indicator of ecological health, says photographer Jaime Rojo. Telling a story about our relationship to the natural world, he shares his experience photographing these mesmerizing insects deep in their remote mountain habitats…

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When monarch butterflies migrate, they produce one of the most iconic wildlife spectacles in the world — and provide us with an important indicator of ecological health, says photographer Jaime Rojo. Telling a story about our relationship to the natural world, he shares his experience photographing these mesmerizing insects deep in their remote mountain habitats in Mexico, diving into the latest research into the mysteries of their multi-thousand-mile journey and sharing how each of us can join the growing movement to protect them.

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  1. @FanuNzb

    April 21, 2026 at 3:02 pm

    Noted 💯💯💯💯

  2. @vesawuoristo4162

    April 21, 2026 at 3:21 pm

    We need to care about all insects

  3. @DaisyG33

    April 21, 2026 at 3:32 pm

    I am not a gardener. 4 years ago I tossed packets of “meadow” flowers around my small suburban front yard, and last year I instructed my lawn guy where NOT to mow as the flowers spread across my lawn. When he didn’t come back to mow the frost-bitten, dried plants at the beginning of November, it looked pretty shabby. But on frigid days and especially when it snowed, birds flocked to my little meadow for breakfast & lunch! I can hardly wait to see what will happen to my meadow this year. My goal is for my lawn guy to run out of lawn to mow!

  4. @urielaviles1386

    April 21, 2026 at 4:00 pm

    How terrible. Okay let’s use taxpayer dollars to dig up tar sands now

  5. @someperson7

    April 21, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    As a former trucker that used to run near the border, I can tell you that driving through a Monarch migration was a straight up massacre.

  6. @keithbell9348

    April 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm

    4 generations to get to their destination as far north as Canada,
    but only 1 generation to return back to Mexico…
    to return to the same forest…
    to land back on the same tree that they have never seen before, that their great great great grandparent lived on so many months before.
    Incredible!

  7. @thegoo9626

    April 22, 2026 at 4:45 pm

    Last year or next door neighbors trees had thousands.

  8. @joaquinanthony206

    April 24, 2026 at 2:49 am

    Yep if I get a home instead of an apartment I will have a wild patch or mini meadow

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First impressions matter, so how do you make yours count? Communication consultant Rebecca Okamoto outlines five simple ways to introduce yourself in 20 words or fewer, setting up any interview or conversation for those three crucial words: “Tell me more.”

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