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A blue pansy (Junonia orithya), a species occasionally available through Kipepeo Butterfly Project. Image by yakovlev.alexey via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Butterfly business: Insect farmers help conserve East African forests

Janet Njung’e 8 Feb 2019

Cities could help conserve pollinator communities

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jan 2019

Why are fewer monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico?

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2019

Deforestation and mining threaten a monarch butterfly reserve in Mexico

Martha Pskowski 19 Dec 2018

Secrets revealed: Researchers explore unique, isolated forest in Mozambique

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Oct 2018

Global warming may poison monarch butterflies, study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Apr 2018

Animal trainers are teaching wildlife to conserve themselves

Linda Lombardi 10 Apr 2018

Mysterious new butterfly named after YouTuber Emily Graslie

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2018

Conserving habitat not enough to help species cope with climate change

John Cannon 9 Oct 2017

Study finds hundreds of thousands of tropical species at risk of extinction due to deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 5 May 2017

Alaska’s first new butterfly species in decades could be rare hybrid

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Mar 2016

Expedition finds butterfly bonanza in Bolivian national park (PHOTOS)

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Mar 2016

The impacts of haze on Southeast Asia’s wildlife

Jose Hong 19 Nov 2015

A surprising threat to Monarch butterfly survival — tropical milkweed

Sophie Furnival 23 Oct 2015

Butterflies stand out as useful bioindicators in Malaysia

Michael Buelna 29 May 2015

Pollinator collapse could lead to a rise in malnutrition

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2015

Monarch butterfly population rises a little, but still perilously low

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2015

Two vanishing prairie butterflies added to the Endangered Species Act

Jeremy Hance 5 Jan 2015

‘Canary in the cornfield’: monarch butterfly may get threatened species status

Morgan Erickson-Davis 8 Sep 2014

U.S. citizens willing to spend billions to protect monarch butterflies

Paul Sutherland 3 Apr 2014

Scientists discover single gene that enables multiple morphs in a butterfly

Aathira Perinchery 10 Mar 2014

Migrating monarch butterflies hit shockingly low numbers

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2014

Journalists win environmental news reporting prizes

Mongabay.org 10 Dec 2013

Zoo races to save extreme butterfly from extinction

Jeremy Hance 15 Aug 2013

Florida declares two butterfly species extinct as pollinator crisis worsens

Alexander Holmgren 1 Aug 2013

Habitat loss and pesticides causing decline in Europe’s butterflies

Fiona Harvey 31 Jul 2013

Losing our monarchs: iconic monarch butterfly down to lowest numbers in 20 years

Lacey Avery 15 Jul 2013

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