Butterfly populations declining rapidly in U.S. with 22% disappearing in 2 decades, study finds
A study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that 22% of butterflies in the United States disappeared between ...
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US Fish & Wildlife Service proposal causes hesitation from Mesa County Commissioners
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species and designate critical ...
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Scientists study breeding of pet fish to help protect reefs and fuel Florida’s economy
They’ve had success stories with raising the notoriously fragile breeds like blue tangs and copperband butterfly fish, and their ongoing research hopes to crack the code of raising more types of ...
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Proposed Monarch Butterfly Protection Contains Exemptions for Farmers
A federal plan to protect monarch butterfly habitat provides broad carveouts for farming practices. The U.S. Fish and ...
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Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a quarter since 2000
Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.
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New study finds ‘alarming’ rate of butterfly decline
Two-thirds of studied species showed declines of more than 10 percent,” wrote Science editor Bianca Lopez in a summary of the study. “Many insects have the potential for rapid population growth and ...