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How to Save Europe's Threatened Butterflies
By Live Science Staff published
Team says colorful insects can be saved if habitats maintained.
Monarch Butterfly Numbers Take a Hit
By Andrea Mustain published
Drought forced down numbers, and some saw it coming.
Images: Monarchs' Butterfly Forest in Central Mexico
By Live Science Staff published
Butterflies return year after year to the same area.
Early Spring Is Bad News for Butterflies
By Live Science Staff published
Warm weather killing off both caterpillars and the plants they feed on.
New Butterfly Species ID'ed by DNA
By Live Science Staff published
The disguised butterflies were sitting right under researchers noses.
Common Butterfly Is Hybrid of Two Species
By Jennifer Welsh published
A rare hybridization event between the Eastern tiger swallowtail and the Canadian tiger swallowtail gave rise to the ancestor that started the Appalachian tiger swallowtail lineage.
Extreme Weather Strikes Blow to Monarch Butterflies
By Andrea Mustain published
Monarchs are flying too far north for their own good.
Amazing Monarch Butterfly Migration Rebounding Now
By Andrea Mustain published
The butterflies will show up in the U.S. soon — to live or die in Texas.
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