Grand Rapids zoo fights for Great Lakes’ rarest butterflies

Butterfly populations are in decline across the continental U.S., dropping by 22% between 2000 and 2020 according to a study ...
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Researchers stunned by surprising trend in rare butterfly species: 'Highly unusual'

Thanks to a sunny spring, the population of a rare butterfly has nearly doubled in the English west country, The Guardian reported. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the woodman's follower, is ...
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First National Analysis Finds America’s Butterflies Are Disappearing At ‘Catastrophic’ Rate

A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., June 5, 2019. AP photo WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s butterflies are disappearing because of ...
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Study finds America’s butterflies are disappearing at ‘catastrophic’ rate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- America's butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22 percent since 2000, a new study finds ...