Episode 107: Majestic Migration

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that painted lady butterflies achieve the longest known insect migration from the Sahara Desert to Europe.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/2174/majestic-migration/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.pnas.org/content/118/26/e2102762118'>here</a>.    </p> <p>Read ‘Painted Lady’ by Margaret Danner <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=27120'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>