Butterflies

If the EPA allows continued use of dicamba pesticide, it could push monarch butterflies to extinction

March 22, 2018 -

Posted by Vicki Batts

(Natural News) Over the course of the next year, more than 60 million acres of the monarch butterfly’s natural habitat are expected to be sprayed with dicamba herbicide. The shocking report from the Center for Biological Diversity, a U.S. environmental group, explains that the widespread use of this toxin spells big trouble for the butterflies. […]

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Plants “adapt or die” too: Study finds botanical defense mechanisms evolve based on herbivores’ immunity to chemical toxins

March 20, 2018 -

Posted by Edsel Cook

(Natural News) “Adapt or die,” said the late Andy Grove, the founder of computer chip maker Intel who escaped Communist Hungary as a young man. A new study suggested plants adhere to the same dictum, adapting and discarding defenses according to what works best for the situation at hand, reported a ScienceDaily article. Researchers from […]

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Butterfly population numbers plunge across the UK as mass animal die-offs accelerate

April 19, 2017 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) The population of butterflies in the UK has sharply dwindled, conservationists have revealed. According to the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, 40 of the 57 assessed species witnessed significant declines in 2016, making it the fourth worst year on record for butterflies. The drop occurred in spite of the dry and warm summer, reports […]

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