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A striking cobalt-blue butterfly from the United Kingdom is making headlines as a conservation success story . The large blue butterfly ( Maculinea arion ) disappeared from Great Britain in 1979 and remained locally extinct until 1983 when scientists imported large blue butterflies from Sweden in an effort to revive the former British population. The team of scientists that reintroduced the large blue butterfly to Britain has now published a paper detailing 40-years of meticulous observations that they complied on the species. The long-term study, led by Jeremy Thomas of Oxford University, represents a landmark in conservation science—little is known of how to successfully protect rare invertebrates and the findings for the large blue butterfly provide a superb example of invertebrate conservation. The large blue butterfly is... [read full story]
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang on Monday rejected a report from a U.S. Congressional advisory panel on China as "full of prejudice." The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a bipartisan board...
Li Jianguo, vice chairman and secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), met here Monday with a delegation of young business leaders of Japan. The delegation was visiting China to...
Minnesota business by the numbers See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits WASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer says majority Democrats will push through a bill overhauling the health care system with or without...
