butterflies

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The butterflies were placed in individual jars on Thursday and Kendrick said each child was handed a pot and released the butterflies on Friday morning.

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

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

Behind her, a newly emerged brood of tiny snout-nosed butterflies crawled out from under the spiny hackberry bushes and began to creep upon her.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall