North Dakota
Scientists prepared to save monarch butterfly in event of 'rapid extinction'
Scientists in North Dakota announced Tuesday they are prepared to repopulate the iconic orange monarch butterfly, which has been classified an endangered species in North America, in the event "of a rapid extinction."
Scientists have revealed the development of a cryopreservation technique for "the successful long-term storage of monarch butterfly germ plasm" to repopulate the pollinator in the event of a "rapid extinction." Photo by PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay l... [2317 chars]