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The California butterfly ray (Gymnura marmorata) is a species of ray in the family Gymnuridae. It is found in Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua , Panama , Peru , and the United States .
The Monarch Grove Sanctuary is an urban nature preserve in Pacific Grove, California. It protects the monarch butterflies that winter in Pacific Grove arriving in October. It is maintained by a volunteer crew. [2] About 12–16,000 butterflies stayed at the sanctuary during the 2022-23 winter, making it the fourth largest of its type in ...
The butterfly rays are the rays forming the genus Gymnura and the family Gymnuridae. They are found in warm oceans worldwide, and occasionally in estuaries . The body of butterfly rays is flattened and surrounded by an extremely broad disc formed by the pectoral fins , which merge in front of the head.
A critically endangered butterfly that lives in the southernmost part of Florida thrives in certain years. Researchers turned to weather data to find out why, and the answer brought a surprise twist.
Many schoolchildren have watched in wonder as large orange and black butterflies emerge from cocoons. Although once a common sight, the beautiful butterflies are "plummeting toward extinction due ...
Batomorphi is a clade of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays, ... Family Gymnuridae Fowler, 1934 (butterfly rays) Family Plesiobatidae K. Nishida, ...
Natural Bridges State Beach is a 65-acre (26 ha) California state park in Santa Cruz, California, in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach and a eucalyptus grove provides habitat for monarch butterflies.
Because rays and sharks are closely related, they are often studied together. In 2010 a global IUCN study of vertebrates found that of 1,044 cartilaginous (ray and shark) species examined, 345 or 33% were threatened with extinction. [6] [7] There are four orders of rays: stingrays, skates, electric rays and sawfishes. Like sharks, rays are ...