Flight of the Monarch

Between the Ears by BBC

Jan 21, 202129:00Society & Culture

Composer and sound artist Rob Mackay traces the migratory route of the monarch butterfly, from the Great Lakes in Canada to the forests of Mexico, via the shifting coastal landscape of the eastern shores of Virginia. Alo...

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