<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-03-study-raises-the-possibility-of-a-country-without-butterflies.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Climate and Sustainability,Discovery Science,Faculty</categories><broadcast>integrativebiology</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>03/06/2025</pubDate><title>Study raises the possibility of a country without butterflies</title><subTitle/><description><span>Butterflies are disappearing in the United States. All kinds of them — and at a rate scientists call alarming.</span></description><highlights/><author>Sue Nichols</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/2025-03-dorcas-copper.preview.jpg" alt="A pair of dorcas copper butterflies, a North America native species, and one of the 324 species studied in this report. Photo by David Pavlik, Michigan State University"/></image></item>