A hang-glider disguised as a giant butterfly will soar with the famed Monarch Butterflies on their 3,415 mile journey from eastern Canada to central Mexico. The glider will crew two at a time, from pilots to filmmakers to photograhers, in order to document the amazing migration. From Yahoo News :

Their aim is to raise awareness about the need to better conserve the Monarchs’ fragile habitats. Illegal logging is thinning and toppling the fir forests west of Mexico City that protect the butterflies from rain and cold.

Carlos Galindo, forest director for the World Wildlife Fund in Mexico, said no one has followed the butterflies in the air for their entire transcontinental journey. Doing so can teach scientists how they cope with changing wind patterns, temperature shifts and difficult weather, he said.