butterflies

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Stratford Butterfly Farm invited pupils from Thomas Jolyffe and Stratford-upon-Avon primary schools to release the morpho butterflies into its rainforest flight area.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

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

An international group of researchers led by the University of York and the Wellcome Sanger Institute focused on butterflies and moths from South American rainforests.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Legendary BBC commentator Ted Lowe, predicting trouble may be ahead in the Crucible cauldron, says: "The butterflies must be floating around his tummy."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

His breath is warm on my cheek and he smells good, like fresh rain, and my butterflies float up.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam