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Butterflies, chocolates and three more reasons to explore the Springs Preserve
2015-03-13 06:08:16| Railroads - Topix.net
Just west of the Strip sits the one of the places that helped Las Vegas evolve from frontier to city. The 180-acre Springs Preserve , onetime watering stop for the Union Pacific Railroad, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Rita Velez positions a tray of Anise Swallowtail butterflies for scanning. image: SDSU.edu
2015-02-28 16:57:23| Grocery - Topix.net
The 20th annual tropical butterfly exhibition opens on Sunday at Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Thousands of butterflies from Africa, Asia, South and Central America will be on display, as well as special educational programming and butterfly themed activities.
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Acidic ocean eating away at 'sea butterflies' off West Coast
2014-05-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC News: Acidic waters along the West Coast are dissolving the shells of tiny sea snails that are a food source for salmon, herring and other fish, scientists reported Wednesday, and conditions are worse than they expected. Caused by increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the oceans growing acidity threatens not just to the creatures at the bottom of the food chain, but seafood-eating higher life forms such dolphins, whales and humans. Oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and scientists...
GMOs Are Killing the Bees, Butterflies, Birds and... ?
2014-02-14 16:18:01| Chemicals - Topix.net
"It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray."
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Migrating butterflies in Britain here to stay, say experts
2013-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: Exotic butterflies and moths from the Continent have begun to colonise Britain and more northerly climes as a result of the warmer than usual summer. Increasing numbers of the rare migrants are believed to have been drawn to the UK by the summer heat and milder than usual autumn. The European long-tailed blue butterfly has established itself in sites along Englands south coast, while conservation experts are excited by sightings of vestal moths (Rhodometra sacraria) north of the Border. Richard...
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