A Michigan House bill aims to designate the black swallowtail butterfly as the official state butterfly, highlighting its prevalence and beauty.

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The findings revealed that 33% of butterfly species have experienced significant population declines over the past two decades, with 107 out of the 342 species examined losing more than half of ...

US butterfly populations have declined by 22% since 2000, with 114 species showing significant drops. A study published in Science found insecticides, climate change, and habitat loss are driving ...

Over the past 20 years the U.S. butterfly population has declined 22%, a dramatic loss that has scientists concerned. "The easy number to think about is the total number of butterflies in your yard.

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 ...

Still, researchers didn’t have enough data to include some of the most imperiled butterfly species, which probably experienced some of the steepest declines. And the data was quite likely biased ...

Researchers compiled data on more than five hundred butterfly species across the United States from 2000 to 2020. Some species are faring better than others, but overall, butterfly numbers dropped ...