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Climate Change To Drive Some Butterflies To Extinction By 2050: Scientists

By Peter R - Aug 12, 2015 10:30 AM EDT

A study done in Britain reveals that common species today could face local extinction in several dry areas. Their immediate survival depends on improving habitats but emission cut can only dictate long-term survival.

Future Factories to be 'Manned' by Bionic Ants and Butterflies

By Peter R - Mar 31, 2015 11:00 AM EDT

Bionic ants and butterflies are robots that can be controlled to mimic animals to function in factories.

Researchers Discover Lobster-Like Predator That Gave Rise To Spiders, Butterflies And Existed 250 Million Years Before Dinosaur

By Kamal Nayan - Mar 30, 2015 12:17 AM EDT

Researchers have discovered a new lobster-like predator that gave rise to lobsters, spiders and butterflies. The newly identified species named Yawunik kootenayi was discovered from a 508-million-year-old fossil site.

A Very Rare Creature Comes to Life in a Museum: A Half-Male, Half-Female Butterfly

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 09, 2015 07:18 PM EST

During a museum exhibit at Drexel University called Butterflies!, Chris Johnson was working as a volunteer for the university's Academy of Natural Sciences. One autumn day during October, a butterfly that was just coming out of its cocoon (more specifically its "chrysalis"), caught his attention.

A Very Rare Creature Comes to Life in a Museum: A Half-Male, Half-Female Butterfly

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 09, 2015 07:18 PM EST

During a museum exhibit at Drexel University called Butterflies!, Chris Johnson was working as a volunteer for the university's Academy of Natural Sciences. One autumn day during October, a butterfly that was just coming out of its cocoon (more specifically its "chrysalis"), caught his attention.

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