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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Butterfly populations in the United States have dropped by almost a quarter in the last two decades, according to a new analysis published ...

The findings revealed that 33% of butterfly species have experienced ... Butterflies play an essential role in ecosystems, pollinating flowers, crops, and other plants. Their decline could have ...

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We found declines in just about every region of the continental U.S. and across almost all butterfly species ... bodies as they feed on nectar from one flower and carrying it to the next.

The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, is the most comprehensive tally of U.S. butterfly populations to date. Nick Haddad, a Michigan State University ecologist who co-wrote the ...