On what continent are monarch butterflies found?  Why is this?
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The monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are native to the Americas, where they migrate extensively. However, their migratory powers make it also possible for this species to be found in many parts of the world. \nThe monarch larvae (caterpillars) feed on milkweeds (genus Asclepias in the Americas, Gomphocarpus in Africa), and they establish populations wherever they find these plants. Monarch butterflies have appeared in places where milkweeds were introduced (e.g. Hawaii). They occur also in Australia, Europe and Africa.
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You might learn a lot from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization\nI think the borders were more a part of the monarchy's decision to allow for different parties to control different areas as they gradually made their way on to the continent
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continental drift explained why similar plants and animals were found on opposite on the ocean, similarly why similar fossil assemblages and rock types were found on opposite sides of the ocean, for example in Europe and North America , and Africa and South America. Continental drift explained these occurrances by suggesting that the landmasses had previously been joined but had split, and the new continents drifted apart, taking animals plants rocks, fossils with them.\n\nIt also explained why marine fossils were found on top of mountains, as the theory of continental drift suggested that just as continents drifted apart, they could also collide, and the collision would raise the landmass up.\n\nIt also explained why volcanic activity occurs in certain places in the world, ie along the edges of moving plates.
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Yep, they discover new species all the time. Land species are more difficult to discover, but there are thousands in the oceans that are yet to be discovered.
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You mean emperor penquins. They migrate hundreds of miles inland on Antarctica. They have to move inland to find land solid enough to support the weight of thousands of nesting penquins. The ice shelf around the continent would not be sufficient.
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There is few hints like same geology at diferernt geografic points related to the same period; \nSame fauna indicating same region or at leastthey migrated through some kind of bridge;\nObvious fit about the continents. \nWhat cause it is the tectonic movement. Dorsals have separated it and we still in movement there is measure about hom many inches we are far from Europe/AFrica and also to other continents. (Also Heigh of montains are changind)
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Tropical rainforests are found in a belt around the equator of the Earth. There are tropical rainforests across South America, Central America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia (and nearby islands). \n\nTemperate rainforests are found along the Pacific coast of the USA and Canada (from northern California to Alaska), in New Zealand, Tasmania, Chile, Ireland, Scotland and Norway. They are less abundant than tropical rainforests.
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north america, south america, europe, africa, and antarctica
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There are very big differences depending upon species.\nMonarch and Red Admiral butterflies live long enough to migrate.\nSome butterflies hibernate, e.g. Red Admiral.\nThere are many species that can only survive the Winter as dormant pupae.\nSometimes there can be two or three complete life cycles within a season.\nOccasionally the life span of the imago (the 'butterfly') is indeed very short but remember that insect life cycles involve:\negg - larva (caterpillar) - pupa (crysallis) - imago.\nGenerally, only the pupal stage overwinters.
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THE Eurasian steppes are a vast belt of grassland extending from\neastern Europe through western and central Asia to north-east\nAsia. The five threatened species which occur in the east Asian\nsteppes include four which also range westwards outside the Asian\nregion, Imperial Eagle, Lesser Kestrel and Great Bustard to Europe,\nand Pale-backed Pigeon to Central Asia. They occur in a variety of\nhabitats in addition to lowland grasslands: Imperial Eagle inhabits\nforest-steppe, and some forest conservation measures are relevant\nto the species (see F01); Pale-backed Pigeon is found in open,\nsparsely wooded habitats in the mountains; and White-throated\nBushchat breeds in mountain grasslands. The lakes and other\nwetlands in the steppes are important for threatened waterbirds, and\nare covered in W05.\n■ Key habitats Steppe grasslands, forest steppe and mountain\nsteppe, scrub in sandy desert.\n■ Altitude Lowlands to 3,100 m.\n■ Countries and territories Russia (Krasnoyarsk, Khakassia, Tuva,\nIrkutsk, Buryatia, Chita); Mongolia; China (Heilongjiang, Jilin,\nInner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu); outside the Asian region, the\nsteppes extend through central and western Asia to eastern\nEurope.
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Not very wrong to look for your long -lost friend on this site. Hope you will find her. But where is this east coast of yours? every continent has an east coast?
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http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm
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Viceroy butterfly:\n\nPhylum: Arthropoda\n Class: Insecta\n Order: Lepidoptera\n Family: Nymphalidae\n Genus: Limenitis\n\nThe viceroy butterfly is dark orange with black veins. A row of  white spots edge its wings. Its color and pattern mimics the monarch butterfly's pattern except for a black horizontal stripe that crosses the bottom of its back wings. The viceroy caterpillar is white and olive-brown.  \n\nThe viceroy can be found in most of the continental United States and in southern Canada and northern Mexico.\nThe viceroy butterfly lives in meadows, marshes and swamps and other wet areas with willow, aspen and poplar trees. \n\nThe viceroy caterpillar eats the leaves of willow and poplar trees.\n\nThe viceroy mates in the afternoon. The female lays her eggs on the tips of the leaves of poplars and willows. There are usually two or three generations of viceroys born each breeding season.\n\nThe viceroy and monarch were once thought to exhibit Batesian mimicry where a harmless species mimics a toxic species. Studies conducted in the early 1990's suggest that the viceroy and the monarch are actually examples of Mullerian mimicry where two equally toxic species mimic each other to the benefit of each. Just goes to show you there's always something new to discover in the natural world!
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Kangaroos are found in Austrailia.  If I remember correctly they are grassland animals, and they fill the same ecological niche as deer.
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Margarine wasn't invented when they named them butterflies.\n\nCoach
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In North America the red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) reaches as far north as the southern tip of Alaska, and portions of the boreal forest across western Canada including parts of the Northwest Territories.  \n\nIn Europe and Asia, the adder or common viper (Vipera berus) can actually be found north of the Arctic circle in a few areas of Russia and Scandanavia, but still isn't really found on the tundra.
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several butterfly species hbernate over winter and re-emerge in the spring to mate and lay their eggs.\n\nIn the US I believe the Monarch butterfly is a species which hibernates.\n\nIn the UK there are four species that do this. they are the Brimstone, the Comma, the Small Tortoiseshell and the Peacock butterfly.\n\nI've inlcuded some links with more information below:-