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Rick Mikula advocated for butterflies, a better world
Mikula often said butterflies symbolize new life, that several cultures use the same word for butterfly as for soul, and that ...
Butterflies are in trouble. It doesn't take much to help
“You can really make a difference to the local population. Any individual flower you put out it likely to get visited,” said ...
Shreveport Times on MSN15h
When will we see butterflies in Louisiana? Look for monarchs, swallowtails this spring
During the spring and summer, butterflies will begin to either emerge from chrysalis or begin migrating. Here's when to see ...
Butterflies in the U.S. are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
The number of butterflies in the contiguous United States declined by 22 percent this century, a collapse with potentially ...
Watch Millions of Butterflies Take Flight in One of the Planet’s Most Magical—and Endangered—Migrations
The high-altitude forest here is the perfect microclimate for the species, and it’s one of the few places in the world where ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
U.S. Butterflies Are Disappearing at Drastic Rates, With One in Five Gone Since 2000
A team of more than 30 researchers analyzed 12.6 million butterfly sightings across 76,000 population surveys. They found ...
The Associated Press on MSN11d
First national analysis finds America's butterflies are disappearing at 'catastrophic' rate
The first countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance found that the number of butterflies in the Lower 48 states ...
National Plant a Flower Day: Help pollinators like monarch butterflies with your garden
National Plant a Flower Day is all about celebrating the beauty of flowers. Planting them can also help save pollinators like ...
Not just bees and butterflies: Beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature's unsung pollinators
About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...
See How Butterflies Are Surviving, or Not, Near You
Little-understood and vastly underappreciated, insects play an outsize role in supporting life on earth. They pollinate plants. They break down dead matter, nourishing the soil. They feed birds and ...
Oklahoma nonprofit asks for help tracking the migration of monarch butterflies
Okies for Monarchs is asking for help tracking the migration of the famous butterfly species. The environmental conservation ...
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America’s butterflies are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
America’s butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds. The first ...