News (Archive) | February 2006

Butterflies & moths on the WWW | Headlines

Millions of butterflies flutter around Johannesburg —
Monsters and Critics.com, Glasgow, UK — 16 February 2006
Johannesburg — Millions of white butterflies have been flying around the South African city of Johannesburg in recent days, a phenomenon that scientists have attributed to exceptionally wet summer weather...

Butterflies to be released into Rainforest exhibit on weekends —
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA — 6 February 2006
Gainesville, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will release live butterflies into its Butterfly Rainforest exhibit at 2 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting, beginning Saturday, Feb. 11...

Butterfly Conservation Initiative Relocates To Missouri Botanical Garden —
U.S. Newswire (press release), Washington, DC, USA — 2 February 2006
Silver Spring, Md. — The Butterfly Conservation Initiative (BFCI), a coalition of over 60 American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA)-accredited zoos and aquariums, universities, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, will move from Silver Spring, Md., to the Missouri Botanical Garden in early 2006...

County improving habitat for monarch butterfly —
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, CA, USA — 2 February 2006
On a recent afternoon walk along Moran Lake, Joni Janecki pondered the future of monarch butterflies at the seaside park...