Monarch Butterfly Research Paper

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I greatly enjoy science, particularly biology and environmental science since I was little. I remembered when I did my first science experiment in elementary school. The data collection of the different environment that the monarch butterfly evolution pace was the most exciting moment of my life. I got to see a type of species go from a little caterpillar to a full grown butterfly, which drew me into science. After that experience, I started to questions why, why does this butterfly change into a butterfly, and are they dying out such as the ones that are extinct. From that time point on, I not only have been enticed by science, but am now searching for the answer. I remember when I was little, I used to watch tons of Bill Nye the Science

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