News (Archive) | January — February 2004

Butterflies & moths on the WWW | Headlines

Help track South Florida’s butterflies —
The Miami Herald — 29 Feb 2004
The North American Butterfly Association would like you to help them survey South Florida butterflies to determine their ecological status...

Collector donates his butterflies —
The Daily Utah Chronicle — 12 Feb 2004
The Museum of Natural History is now home to 9,000 new individuals...

Butterflies boast ultrablack wings —
Nature.com — 28 Jan 2004
‘Ultrablack’ is the new black — if you’re a butterfly. The insects use optical trickery to make dark pigment in their wings look even darker, a new study has revealed...

Mexico not protecting butterflies —
CTV, Canada — 23 Jan 2004
Mexico City — A recent crackdown on illegal logging has not slowed deforestation threatening the winter refuge for monarch butterflies, said a scientist who has been studying the insects for 50 years...

Climate change hits butterflies —
The Age, Australia — 8 Jan 2004
Climate change is threatening Australia’s 400 species of butterflies with scientists predicting more than half will be extinct by 2050...