United Kingdom: Butterfly Species Expands Range With Climate Change

New York Times: A butterfly species in England is expanding its range, thanks to climate change. In the current issue of Science, researchers at the University of York report that the brown argus butterfly has spread its reach in England northward by about 50 miles over 20 years as a warmer climate allow its caterpillars to feed off wild geranium plants, which are widespread in the countryside. "There was something unusual about the degree to which it was spreading its range," said an author of the study, Jane...

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