conservation

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There were fewer than 50 Duke of Burgundy butterflies in 2005, but this rose to nearly 600 last year, Butterfly Conservation said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Julia Hemsley, a founder of Dorking Swifts Conservation, said the site had been used as a nesting colony for many years.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The findings, published in Conservation Letters, suggest that governments risk undermining conservation gains when they fail to address the long-term financial and social costs that wildlife recovery can place on local residents.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

“It’s silly to go to these lengths and damage the environment for no quantified risk,” said Grant Smith, the managing director of the Sharklife Conservation Group in Sodwana Bay, South Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

In Beachcomber’s hilarious columns about the Apostropher Royal in The Express, a certain per-versely comforting law is often reiterated: the Law of Conservation of Apostrophes.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author