Joint Effort Targets Butterfly on the Brink
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 3--A colorful butterfly that is as imperiled as the prairie habitat it depends on is making a bit of a comeback here in South Sound.
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It's 3 feet long, pinkish in color, smells like a lily and must be saved from extinction, conservationists said Thursday in asking the federal government to protect the Giant Palouse Earthworm under the Endangered Species Act.
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Sanjay Gupta's  White Feather Arthouse FilmÂs is ready with their first venture, The Great Indian Butterfly.
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By Daniel Thigpen, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  May 31--ACAMPO -- It will take increased collaboration from landowners, farmers and the government to save the ailing Delta, U.S. Rep.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.
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Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in albatross and petrel populations, wildlife groups recommend.
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A voracious Australian moth is threatening to infest one of the nationâs most important agricultural regions.
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Call it the cuckoo of butterflies. Like the well-known birds, the Alcon blue butterfly has found a way to get others to raise its offspring. Researchers in Denmark report that the large blue butterfly has managed to produce larvae with a chemical coating similar to that of the local Myrmica rubra ants.
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A record number of rare large blue butterflies were counted at a key site in England during 2007.
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Every feature of a butterfly or moth has been shaped over millions of years of evolution for specific purposes.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters is already under way.
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Pest experts and tree researchers have developed a plan to fight off a tree-killing beetle marching into Ohio and toward the rest of the Midwest.
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A survey showing higher-than-expected numbers of a unique Nevada butterfly has revived a debate over whether it needs protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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Australian locust fighters are getting on top of one of the worst outbreaks of the insects in decades, knocking out infestations before they begin to swarm and so far protecting crops from major damage.
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Scientists discover how the skin of the fingertips protects itself against a common bug that causes diarrhoea.
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How the tobacco hawkmoth stays stable, fish as recyclers, and more.
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Female promiscuity in butterflies has been found to rise as bacteria kill off male partners.