Fiery Skipper News Today

The Spring 2023 issue of Wings, the Xerces Society’s collection of essays on invertebrate conservation, has an article entitled “Want to Save the Bees? Focus on Habitat, Not Honey Bees.”

Theres been a news story developing lately in the commonwealth of massachusetts, but to see it, to fully take it in, you have to slow down, get off the grid and be very quiet. its like the old expression about stopping to smell the roses, but in this case, its about butterflies. and these butterflies may be on to something bigger than even massachusetts. we get the story tonight from our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson. >> reporter: in this lush garden of verbena, butterf...

Light in florida and texas than new england. >> we call them accidentals. in the old days, you would see perhaps one or two fiery skippers, and now you see dozens. >> reporter: the shift of southern butterflies to the increasingly warmer north is detailed in the journal nature. harvard professor greg breed is the studys lead scientist. >> we see the species that are more adapted to warmer clients are increasing, and species that are adapting to colder climates are decreasing. it seems sensible t...