Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Tag: butterflies

Pesticides cause 2024 mass die-off of Western monarch butterflies, new study...

The study was a result of researchers discovering the mass die-off of hundreds of monarch butterflies near the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary in California, where the butterflies overwinter.

UK butterfly numbers plummet to record lows: A warning sign of...

Conservationists sound the alarm as climate change, habitat loss, and pesticide use decimate butterfly populations.

Fish and Wildlife Service lists subspecies of silverspot butterfly under Endangered...

The silverspot butterfly isn't in immediate danger of extinction, but rather science indicates that it will likely be endangered in the near future.

Pesticides drifting to unintended flowers could harm pollinators, study finds

Being exposed to multiple pesticides is concerning for the health of bees and could have serious implications for crop production, the function of ecosystems and human health.

Too Many of the Birds, Bees, and Butterflies That Pollinate Crops...

A new international report on pollinators highlights the threats faced by the wild species that farmers rely on.

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A community hospital emergency entrance in Hillsboro, Oregon. Photo: M.O. Stevens / CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearly half of US hospitals no longer deliver babies, new report finds

Rural hospitals keep losing the fight over leaner Medicaid budgets, and a separate analysis finds reaching the nearest labor and delivery unit already takes an hour or more in fourteen states.
The U.S. Capitol. Photo: FEMA/Bill Koplitz (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

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On leadership, character, climate, prices, trade, alliances, militarism, health, civil/voting rights, even law and order.
A Navy fighter jet approaches an aircraft carrier. Photo: U.S. Navy, public domain

Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam

The Pentagon puts the war's cost at 33.4 billion dollars, independent estimates put it at more than three times that, with strikes across roughly twenty Middle East bases.
Farmworkers harvest sweet potatoes. Photo: USDA, public domain

Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful

The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Photo: NOAA, public domain

Kennedy Center board warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns to building

A 57-page draft resolution ties the center's fundraising future to ten proposed inscriptions honoring the president, as a federal judge who already ruled the board overstepped weighs a related case.