Habitat loss imperils monarch butterflies
If you see a monarch butterfly lighting in your backyard this year, take an extra moment to enjoy it.
Ecology
Jul 26, 2011
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From butterflies, some lessons about life -- and death
If you were to catch Loretta Downs loping through the shoulder-high milkweed along her alley fence come the end of June, you might not realize she was searching for something so sacred it leaves her speechless.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2011
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Butterflies make partial comeback in Mexico
(AP) -- Experts are reporting a partial recovery in the annual winter migration of Monarch butterflies to Mexico following a devastating 75 percent drop last year.
Ecology
Feb 14, 2011
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Reserve saves trees but not monarch butterflies
(AP) -- This small patch of mountain fir forest is a model of sorts for the global effort to save trees and fight climate change. The problem is that saving trees has not saved the forest's most famous visitors: Monarch ...
Environment
Nov 27, 2010
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As monarch butterflies journey north, gardeners can help protect species, researcher says
It has been a hard winter for Monarch butterflies, according to Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas. Taylor said that low temperatures, storms and habitat destruction have all threatened the ...
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2010
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Study finds that long-distance migration shapes butterfly wings
A University of Georgia study has found that monarch butterflies that migrate long distances have evolved significantly larger and more elongated wings than their stationary cousins, differences that are consistent with traits ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2010
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Butterflies seek higher ground to escape warmer temperatures
A study of beleaguered butterflies in California provides some of the best clues yet as to how other animals may react to climate change, scientists say.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2010
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Tree-eating bugs threaten Monarch butterfly in Mexico
The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.
Ecology
Nov 21, 2009
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Bats, birds among wildlife pummeled during Southern freeze
As many people in the southern U.S. hosted neighbors who had no heat or water during the vicious February storm and deep freeze, Kate Rugroden provided a refuge for shell-shocked bats.
Ecology
Feb 24, 2021
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Mexico police raid sawmills near monarch butterfly refuge
A special Mexican police unit has raided seven sawmills near the monarch butterfly's mountain sanctuary in a bid to prevent illegal logging threatening the insect's winter migration, officials said Tuesday.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2016
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