#butterfly

#butterfly

Monarch Butterflies are Now on the Endangered ListThe International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the monarch butterfly to its red list and they are now classified as endangered. Monarch butterflies live all across North America, and are the most recognizable butterfly species. They migrate to Mexico for the winter, and return north as far as Canada in the summer, leaving eggs along their path. That's the longest migration of any known insect species. But the population of monarchs has declined over the past decade, somewhere between 22% and 72%, depending on the measurement method used. Biologists attribute the decline to herbicides, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat. What can you do to help monarch butterflies survive and thrive? The easiest thing you can do is to plant milkweed, which the butterflies eat and lay their eggs on. Read more about the plight of monarch butterflies at AP.(Image credit: Rhododendrites) #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #endangered

Winners of the Close-up Photographer of the Year 2021The top 100 winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year 03 (2021) or CUPOTY 03 are now featured on its website showing the winners gallery.The Close-up Photographer of the Year website was the brainchild of husband-and-wife duo Tracy and Dan Calder of Winchester, UK. They wanted to put close-up, macro and micro photography on the center stage and be celebrated in its own right.Tracy, a former editor of Outdoor Photography and a features editor at Amateur Photography, has over 20 years experience in the photo magazine industry. She’s also a photography instructor at West Dean College in Sussex, and an author of Close-up & Macro Photography, which has been translated into French and Chinese. Dan is a contributor to Black + White Photography magazine.This year’s Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 03) has more than 9000 photos from 55 countries across nine different categories. These categories are insects, animals, plants and fungi, underwater, butterflies and dragonflies, intimate landscape, manmade, micro, and young.From each category, the top three winners were chosen alongside with the other finalists. Here are the top three winners per category.#photography #CUPOTY #MacroPhotography #CloseupPhotography #photographycompetitionInsects

From Self-folding Origami to Moving Storybook Pop Ups, These Shape-Changing Materials Will Revolutionize The FutureImagine opening what you thought was a pop up storybook, but instead of being static, the butterflies are actually flapping their wings right before your eyes. This is actually possible!