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Glowing Blue Spider Among Over 70 Stunning New Species Discovered On Remote Angolan PlateauA extraordinary bright blue and black spider with electric blue patches on its black body.

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Glowing Blue Spider Among Over 70 Stunning New Species Discovered On Remote Angolan PlateauA extraordinary bright blue and black spider with electric blue patches on its black body.
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Glowing Blue Spider Among Over 70 Stunning New Species Discovered On Remote Angolan Plateau

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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.

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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.
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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor Butterfly

clock-iconApril 3, 2026

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Xerces Blue Butterfly: America's First Human-Caused Insect ExtinctionThe 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly specimen used to confirm the extinction in 2021.

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Xerces Blue Butterfly: America's First Human-Caused Insect ExtinctionThe 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly specimen used to confirm the extinction in 2021.
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Xerces Blue Butterfly: America's First Human-Caused Insect Extinction

clock-iconOctober 2, 2025
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With 229 Pairs, This Beautiful Animal Has The Highest Number Of Chromosomes Of Any AnimalChromosomes glowing orange under microscope.

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With 229 Pairs, This Beautiful Animal Has The Highest Number Of Chromosomes Of Any AnimalChromosomes glowing orange under microscope.
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With 229 Pairs, This Beautiful Animal Has The Highest Number Of Chromosomes Of Any Animal

clock-iconSeptember 10, 2025

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Wild Fossil Discovery In Prehistoric “Latrine” Suggests Butterflies Have Been Around Longer Than Flowersbutterfly on a flower

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Wild Fossil Discovery In Prehistoric “Latrine” Suggests Butterflies Have Been Around Longer Than Flowersbutterfly on a flower
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Wild Fossil Discovery In Prehistoric “Latrine” Suggests Butterflies Have Been Around Longer Than Flowers

clock-iconJune 9, 2025
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Western Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Population Falls 96 Percent, Second-Lowest Number On RecordPhotograph of a monarch butterfly on Swamp Milkweed

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Western Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Population Falls 96 Percent, Second-Lowest Number On RecordPhotograph of a monarch butterfly on Swamp Milkweed
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Western Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Population Falls 96 Percent, Second-Lowest Number On Record

clock-iconFebruary 4, 2025
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Monarch Butterflies Could Become Threatened Species In US Amid New Federal Proposalclose up photograph of three monarch butterflies flying near some milkweed

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Monarch Butterflies Could Become Threatened Species In US Amid New Federal Proposalclose up photograph of three monarch butterflies flying near some milkweed
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Monarch Butterflies Could Become Threatened Species In US Amid New Federal Proposal

clock-iconDecember 12, 2024
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World-First Evidence Shows Butterflies Can Fly Over 4,000 Kilometers Across The Atlantic OceanClose-up of a Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Butterfly

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World-First Evidence Shows Butterflies Can Fly Over 4,000 Kilometers Across The Atlantic OceanClose-up of a Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Butterfly
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World-First Evidence Shows Butterflies Can Fly Over 4,000 Kilometers Across The Atlantic Ocean

clock-iconJune 26, 2024
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An Easy Trick Can Boost Butterfly Numbers In Your Garden By Up To 93 PercentThe comma, a brown and orange spotted butterfly with crinkled wings, on pink and purple flower.

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An Easy Trick Can Boost Butterfly Numbers In Your Garden By Up To 93 PercentThe comma, a brown and orange spotted butterfly with crinkled wings, on pink and purple flower.
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An Easy Trick Can Boost Butterfly Numbers In Your Garden By Up To 93 Percent

clock-iconApril 18, 2024
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Do Butterflies Remember Being Caterpillars?Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly on a flower.

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Do Butterflies Remember Being Caterpillars?Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly on a flower.
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Do Butterflies Remember Being Caterpillars?

clock-iconFebruary 14, 2024
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Monarchs Butterflies' Epic Migrations Reveal A Surprising Effect Of Wing Color On Flight Efficiencymany monarch butterflies covering a tree

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Monarchs Butterflies' Epic Migrations Reveal A Surprising Effect Of Wing Color On Flight Efficiencymany monarch butterflies covering a tree
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Monarchs Butterflies' Epic Migrations Reveal A Surprising Effect Of Wing Color On Flight Efficiency

clock-iconNovember 29, 2023
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Watch Butterflies In The Amazon Drinking Turtle TearsButterflies drinking turtle tears

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Watch Butterflies In The Amazon Drinking Turtle TearsButterflies drinking turtle tears
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Watch Butterflies In The Amazon Drinking Turtle Tears

clock-iconJuly 28, 2023
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The Migratory Monarch Butterfly Now On Endangered Red ListTwo monarch butterflies sitting on a white flower, with an orange flower in the foreground.

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The Migratory Monarch Butterfly Now On Endangered Red ListTwo monarch butterflies sitting on a white flower, with an orange flower in the foreground.
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The Migratory Monarch Butterfly Now On Endangered Red List

clock-iconJuly 22, 2022
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Monarch Butterflies Actually Smashing It Despite Fears They Were In Dire Troublemonarch butterflies population stable

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Monarch Butterflies Actually Smashing It Despite Fears They Were In Dire Troublemonarch butterflies population stable
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Monarch Butterflies Actually Smashing It Despite Fears They Were In Dire Trouble

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Caterpillars Released On Remote Island Were Hiding Parasitic Wasps Within Parasitic Waspsarticle image

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Caterpillars Released On Remote Island Were Hiding Parasitic Wasps Within Parasitic Waspsarticle image
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Caterpillars Released On Remote Island Were Hiding Parasitic Wasps Within Parasitic Wasps

clock-iconSeptember 20, 2021
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