Picture a butterfly. Go ahead, I’ll wait. You likely pictured a striking butterfly with electric orange and black wings and flashy white spots. The spectacle of the invertebrate world you envision is the monarch butterfly — and that is not purely by happenstance.

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the wintering populations declining while breeding populations are stable?

How do you say that the monarch butterfly is going extinct in the winter while they're perfectly healthy in the summer?

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University of Georgia may have answered the biggest