The Albany Pine Bush Preserve jump started a new population of Karner blue butterflies! 🦋 After more than 50 years of decline, the Karner blue butterfly, first studied and named by zoologist and renowned author Vladimir Nabokov in 1944, can now be found at nearly 60 sites covering more than 700 acres in the Albany Pine Bush. Learn more about the habitat restoration and recovery of the Karner blue population: https://bit.ly/3rasp8S | Discover Albany

Thanks to Jason Whalen for his stunning Karner Blue butterfly footage! This endangered species' main threat has been habitat loss and degradation; read more about them > http://bit.ly/28M89pH #NationalPollinatorWeek | The Nature Conservancy in Texas

It’s National Pollinator Week! To celebrate, we are thrilled to release this video highlighting conservation efforts and partnerships working to protect one of North America’s rarest butterflies, the Karner Blue. As a federally endangered species in the United States and a threatened species in Michigan, the Karner Blue butterfly faces a challenging journey for survival. But collaborative conservation efforts between Michigan DNR and the Michigan Natural Features Inventory are underway to sustai

Since 2000, conservation efforts have brought the Karner blue butterfly back from local extinction to over 3000 wild adult butterflies in 2016. Annual population numbers can fluctuate greatly due to environmental conditions. Biologists are hoping for another population of 3000 in 2018. Discover more about Karner blue butterflies http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/wildlife/profiles/karner-blue-butterfly.html #TakingActionForWildlife #WildlifeWednesday | NH Fish and Game

Check out this cell-phone video captured by Conservation Technician, Jake Schoen... The Karner Blue Butterflies (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) in our Butterfly Laboratory are busy laying eggs that will give rise to the next generation of this federally endangered species. The eggs will hatch into caterpillars that feed on their sole host plant, Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis). Once the caterpillars pupate & eclose as adult butterflies in the laboratory, they will be released into the Oak Openings w

Blue gropers have surprised scientists! 🐟🐟 In parts of southern Australia, longspined sea urchin numbers can surge. At their worst, they can strip kelp forests bare, creating urchin barrens. A new study in NSW has surprised researchers who found blue gropers were responsible for three-quarters of all attacks on the urchins. Large male blue gropers were the only predator to go after all sizes of urchins, including the big ones that many other predators avoid. This is why it’s so important to pr