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

Despite their evolutionary distance, the team discovered that both butterflies and moths repeatedly relied on the same two genes, ivory and optix, to produce nearly identical warning colors.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

"A number of butterflies have been lost on the Quantocks over the past 75 years," said Robin Stamp, chairman of the group.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Some of the butterflies even had flecks of glitter on their wings, as if someone had wanted to make it even brighter and more dramatic.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix