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Blue butterflies back in San Francisco, after Xerces extinction
The Xerces blue butterfly went extinct along the San Francisco coast some 80 years ago. But scientists have identified a ...
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SAVING THE MIAMI BLUE BUTTERFLY
After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...
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Butterfly native to far-flung isles thought to have finally died out
According to the Environment Ministry’s red list on endangered species, the Ogasawara blue butterfly was categorized as “Critically Endangered,” meaning it is highly likely to go extinct in ...
Blue butterflies return to San Francisco Presidio, 80 years after Xerces species extinction
The California Academy of Sciences used genetic testing to identify a blue butterfly species similar to the Xerces species ...