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Swarms of Butterflies Land at New York's Natural History Museum
Cartoonist Peter Kuper's monarch drawings fill a second-floor corridor of the Gilder Center, tracing a three-thousand-mile migration to Mexico; the butterflies had better travel plans.
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- First reported by The New York Times: “Swarms of Butterflies Land at New York’s Natural History Museum”, with reporting from American Museum of Natural History.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 5:59 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Kenji Moonfield, Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
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- The New York TimesSwarms of Butterflies Land at New York’s Natural History Museum
- American Museum of Natural HistoryPress Releases October 16, 2026 · facts used on air
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMonarchs have taken over a corridor at the American Museum of Natural History, in drawings by the cartoonist Peter Kuper, and the exhibit, Monarch's Journey, is included with any admission.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt follows a roughly three-thousand-mile migration to the forests of central Mexico, and I'd say that's a better commute than mine.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThose butterflies have never once sat on a delayed train.
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