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Mexico’s Monarch Butterflies under Threat of Extinction

XINHUA Mexico’s renowned monarch butterflies, which each year make the arduous trek back and forth from Canada, are under grave threat from breeding habitat destruction and climate change, Mexican biologist Gabriela Jiménez of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) said in a recent interview. Calling for more government and NGO actions to protect the endangered species Jiménez told Xinhua

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Michoacán Monarch Sanctuaries to Reopen to Public

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Monarch butterfly sanctuaries in the central Mexican state of Michoacán will reopen to the public as of Saturday, Nov. 28, under strict sanitary protocols to prevent the spread of covid-19 infections, state authorities announced this week. The decision to reopen the sanctuaries — a major tourist draw during the winter months — was made

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Wreckers, Rebels and Rumrunners

By RICH GRANT     The six-foot-two-inch female impersonator in the gold dress curled her finger at me across Duval Street and shouted, “Come on over, honey, the show starts in 15 minutes.” She was wrong. The “show” in Key West started about 180 years ago and it’s still going strong. This somewhat crazy tropical island, capital of the self-proclaimed Conch Republic,

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