butterflies

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His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

In butterflies, these switches were modified in similar ways across species.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

According to The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, butterflies are in sharp decline, with the white-letter hairstreak species falling by 80% since the survey began in 1973.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

That’s especially true of romance readers, who are generally regarded as the social butterflies of the book community.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“Get these dead butterflies off the windshield so we can see where we’re going.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall