Project Monarch
Join the Cape May Point Science Center in supporting novel monarch butterfly research based in Cape May!
Donate $200 or more and you can name your own monarch butterfly!
Project Monarch is a citizen science project that enables members of the public to collect important data on monarch butterfly migration!
Incredibly small tracking devices - weighing only 60 milligrams, which is about the same as a grain of rice - have been deployed on monarch butterflies for the first time ever. These trackers transmit over the same frequency as Bluetooth, which means that your phone can detect the tagged monarchs!
With the help of community scientists like yourself, we have the potential to create the world's largest wildlife tracking network! All you have to do is go outside, look for monarchs, and use this app to record and upload your detections to the Project Monarch data server.
This data will allow scientists to track the movements of monarch butterflies in detail never previously imagined. We will see how monarchs utilize key stopping points along migratory routes and learn more about the speed and direction of migration, helping identify the most important sites for habitat conservation and restoration. Ultimately, this technology can help guide conservation planning and lead to increases in monarch populations.
Donate $200 or more and you can name a Monarch Butterfly!
