Saving the monarch butterfly: the feds have an offer for private industry

A partnership can help ensure this important species is protected in cooperative agreements, rather than through forced regulation that can actually backfire.

Monarch butterflies' declining numbers stem from habitat destruction blamed on factors such as last year’s Texas drought and wildfires and

The last thing we need right now is for one of the beautiful things in life to continue to disappear.

That’s what’s been happening for years now to the monarch butterfly, with its numbers declining precipitously as habitat is lost and other factors threaten it.

We have some good news on this front that involves the kind of partnership between government and industry that can help ensure important species are protected in cooperative agreements rather than forced regulation that can actually backfire on preservation efforts.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the first national agreement of its kind that could see millions of acres preserved for monarch butterfly habitat by utilities, state transportation agencies, railroad companies and a number of other landowners. ......Full Story Here

Butterflies could hold key to probes that repair genes

New discoveries about how butterflies feed could help engineers develop tiny probes that siphon liquid out of single cells for a wide range of medical tests and treatments, according to researchers. The technology could be used for medical devices, nanobioreactors that make complex materials and flying "micro-air vehicles" the size of an insect. View the Original article

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Antarctic midge's genome is smallest in insects to date: Bare-bones genome is adaptation to deep freeze

Scientists who sequenced the genome of the Antarctic midge suspect the genome’s small size -- the smallest in insects described to date -- can probably be explained by the midge’s adaptation to its extreme living environment. View the Original article

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