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Michigan is one of two states that has not designated an official state insect. Some lawmakers want the black swallowtail butterfly to represent Michigan, while back the more well-known monarch butterfly.
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In July, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the monarch butterfly as endangered for the first time in history. With the recent news of the monarch’s decline, the zoo is encouraging people to build wildlife habitats of their own.
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Michigan State University ecologists collaborated internationally with both professional and volunteer scientists to better understand what is driving a…
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Insect populations fluctuate from year to year depending on factors like weather and breeding, but the long-term downward trend in the monarch butterfly…
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Seventeen monarch butterflies are on their way to Mexico for the winter. These creatures were raised right here in Lansing. Jenny Mensch is a program…
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Officials in northern Michigan are working to get rid of an invasive plant that poisons monarch butterflies.The black swallow-wort was recently spotted in…
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Public comment is being sought on a draft of a conservation plan expected to help reverse eastern monarch butterfly population declines.Michigan's…