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
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
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
At her words, a swarm of butterflies fluttered out of the hackberry shrubs and flitted around me, dusting me with delight.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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