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For butterflies, looks matter when it comes to picking mates
In a nutshell Butterflies choose mates based on vision, not scent or chance. Heliconius cydno butterflies are biologically ...
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Butterflies choose mates because they are more attractive, not just easier to see
A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren ...
First national analysis finds America's butterflies are disappearing at 'catastrophic' rate
The first ever countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance shows the total number of butterflies in the Lower 48 ...
US lost a fifth of its butterflies within two decades
Butterfly populations in the US shrank by more than a fifth within the space of two decades, according to a new study.
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America’s butterflies are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
Even the invasive white cabbage butterfly, “a species that is well adapted to invade the world,” according to Haddad, fell by 50%. Cornell University butterfly expert Anurag Agrawal said he ...
Heliconius butterfly mating choices linked to simple neural change, which could speed evolution
A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren ...
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1 in 5 butterflies in the U.S. have disappeared in the last 20 years
Butterflies play important ecosystem roles ... tailed orange, West Virginia white, California patch, and sandhill skipper. “While the numbers reported in this paper are sobering, they sadly ...
A Tiny Brain Tweak Sparks Rapid Evolution in Butterfly Romance
A simple tweak in the nervous system can completely reshape the love life of male butterflies. Researchers found that a ...
The Washington Post9d
Butterflies in the U.S. are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
Among the lost is the ghostly white butterfly called Acadian hairstreak, which he suspects has retreated north as the climate warms. “It kills me,” said Glassberg, who founded the North ...