Woman's Day on MSN5mon
What Is the Meaning of a White Butterfly? The Facts About the Auspicious Symbol
Like catching sight of a rainbow, seeing a butterfly feels like a special and fleeting privilege, a moment that triggers ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
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 ...
US lost a fifth of its butterflies within two decades
Butterfly populations in the US shrank by more than a fifth within the space of two decades, according to a new study.
CNN14d
America’s butterflies are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
Even the invasive white cabbage butterfly, “a species that is well adapted to invade the world,” according to Haddad, fell by 50%. Cornell University butterfly expert Anurag Agrawal said he ...
EurekAlert!11d
Butterflies choose mates because they are more attractive, not just easier to see
A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren ...
The Washington Post16d
Butterflies in the U.S. are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
Among the lost is the ghostly white butterfly called Acadian hairstreak, which he suspects has retreated north as the climate warms. “It kills me,” said Glassberg, who founded the North ...
The Associated Press on MSN15d
America’s butterflies are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
The red admiral, which is so calm it lands on people, is down 44% and the American lady butterfly, with two large eyespots on its back wings, decreased by 58%, Edwards said. Even the invasive white ...