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In 1976, the El Segundo Blue Butterfly was added to the federal list of endangered species. It's still there. This curious creature, which was recently found to be its own species, exists between ...
The Fender’s blue, a tiny butterfly with a 1-inch wingspan, is found only in the prairie and oak savannah of the Willamette Valley and wasn’t scientifically documented and named until 1931. Within a ...
State butterfly biologists Heidi Holman, left, and Heather Siart scout for frosted elfin butterflies in the Concord pine barrens, where the endangered Karner blue butterfly was reintroduced nearly ...
The top side of the Kallima butterfly's wings are brightly colored, featuring vibrant bands of deep blue, black, and orange. But when this butterfly flaps its wings, the undersides reveal a sharp ...
If dropped in the wrong place, he said, that material could bury the Mount Charleston blue butterfly and what’s left of its habitat, just like the wood chips did. Contact reporter Henry Brean at ...
The Fender’s blue butterfly has fluttered away from the brink of extinction. The species, once so rare it was thought to be extinct, is no longer considered endangered, according to a January 11 ...
On Angola's highest mountain, a brilliant sapphire-colored butterfly was observed basking in the sun ... is described as ...
The morpho butterfly flashes perhaps the most stunning blue in the animal kingdom. But here's the weird bit: That's no pigment. It's actually a trick of light, thanks to some fancy nano-level ...
“This little butterfly was nearly lost to Oregon, but now we can celebrate its recovery along with the 50th anniversary of the landmark law that saved this species.” The Fender’s blue is a tiny ...