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John Ball Zoo Fights for Great Lakes’ Rarest Butterflies

Butterfly populations are in decline across the continental U.S., dropping by 22% between 2000 and 2020 according to a study published in the journal Science. Almost a third of the 342 species studied have seen their numbers fall by more than half. To help combat this, the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan launched its Great Lakes Rare Butterfly Program in 2021 to protect the region’s most threatened species.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/07/john-ball-zoo-fights-for-great-lakes-rarest-butterflies/

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By Taylor Haelterman Capital News Service Insect populations fluctuate from year to year, depending on factors like weather and breeding, but the long-term downward trend in the monarch butterfly population is concerning conservationists. Listen to this story. The average monarch population from 2010 to 2020 is less than half of what it was the decade […]

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http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/07/17/monarch-butterfly-conservationists-concerned-by-long-term-population-decrease/

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