<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - butterfly</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/butterfly</link><description>Newsvine - butterfly</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:08:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:29 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives</title>
<description><![CDATA[Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11863057-global-warming-winner-once-rare-butterfly-thrives</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/24/11863057-global-warming-winner-once-rare-butterfly-thrives</guid><category>us</category><category>warming</category><category>science</category><category>sci</category><category>butterfly</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 18:01:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9da8532b-de55-4c97-8673-d2cd1dd82a8e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9da8532b-de55-4c97-8673-d2cd1dd82a8e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Butterfly Conservation shows a brown Argus butterfly. Global warming is rescuing the once-rare small British butterfly, according to a study in the journal Science published on Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Butterfly Conservation, Keith Warmington)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=239a3a79-abc0-4226-a4de-0b67152a8f63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=239a3a79-abc0-4226-a4de-0b67152a8f63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Butterfly Conservation shows a brown Argus butterfly. Global warming is rescuing the once-rare small British butterfly, according to a study in the journal Science published on Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Butterfly Conservation, Keith Warmington)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Threatened butterfly vanishes from Florida refuge</title>
<description><![CDATA[For more than a year, Bahia Honda State Park biologist Jim Duquesnel traversed the nature sanctuary with two hopes. He wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly and rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Kay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Kay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10412471-threatened-butterfly-vanishes-from-florida-refuge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/15/10412471-threatened-butterfly-vanishes-from-florida-refuge</guid><category>us</category><category>science</category><category>florida-keys</category><category>butterfly</category><category>iguanas</category><category>miami-blue</category><category>miami-blue-butterfly</category><category>blue-butterfly</category><category>bahia-honda-state-park</category><category>jim-duquesnel</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:01:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7fb26f60-4289-4012-b85c-51b7d4ec7fdb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7fb26f60-4289-4012-b85c-51b7d4ec7fdb.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo, two Miami blue butterfly are shown at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Paula Cannon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0ff70357-af5d-4db5-b82e-4096b6160f04.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0ff70357-af5d-4db5-b82e-4096b6160f04.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, biologist Jim Duquesnel and volunteer Larry Benvenuti measure an iguana that was caught in a trap at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. For more than a year Duquesnel has traversed Bahia Honda State Park with two hopes. First, he wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly. Second, he wanted to rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/72a66acf-4fed-4fb3-b4b8-8422a76c5f09.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/72a66acf-4fed-4fb3-b4b8-8422a76c5f09.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo, a Miami blue butterfly is shown at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Paula Cannon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/03b26b1b-e5b0-4d83-b446-3bc1d0243e73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/03b26b1b-e5b0-4d83-b446-3bc1d0243e73.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2011, volunteer Larry Benvenuti photographs a gulf fritillary butterfly at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. Volunteers work at the park with biologist Jim Duquesnel to tally butterflies, in hopes of finding a Miami blue butterfly. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/219c016f-51ef-44af-8ca0-5577b91f60e8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/219c016f-51ef-44af-8ca0-5577b91f60e8.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, biologist Jim Duquesnel holds an iguana he caught in a trap at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. For more than a year Duquesnel has traversed Bahia Honda State Park with two hopes. First, he wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly. Second, he wanted to rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bb09db5f-e901-4d70-89b3-fb28fc33c510.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bb09db5f-e901-4d70-89b3-fb28fc33c510.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, a sign hangs at biologist Jim Duquesnel's work area where he makes iguana traps at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. For more than a year Duquesnel has traversed Bahia Honda State Park with two hopes. First, he wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly. Second, he wanted to rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010. ( The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/afa7a04f-587c-4b80-86a8-9574af56803a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/afa7a04f-587c-4b80-86a8-9574af56803a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, volunteer Larry Benvenuti carries a clipboard with a picture of the Miami blue butterfly at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species.  (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f7f0141c-16b4-4578-8ff8-5bf6c3a16c4b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f7f0141c-16b4-4578-8ff8-5bf6c3a16c4b.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, biologist Jim Duquesnel, right, walks with volunteer Larry Benvenuti, left, as they do a tally of butterflies at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. For more than a year Duquesnel has traversed Bahia Honda State Park with two hopes. First, he wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly. Second, he wanted to rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f1d0c05b-8110-4895-aa67-45d845fa72b2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f1d0c05b-8110-4895-aa67-45d845fa72b2.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, biologist Jim Duquesnel sets out  traps containing pieces of fruit to trap iguanas at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. For more than a year Duquesnel has traversed Bahia Honda State Park with two hopes. First, he wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly. Second, he wanted to rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e0a137b2-a097-4f42-8ca1-e05ffbf2f770.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e0a137b2-a097-4f42-8ca1-e05ffbf2f770.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, biologist Jim Duquesnel sets out pieces of fruit to attract iguanas at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. For more than a year Duquesnel has traversed Bahia Honda State Park with two hopes. First, he wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly. Second, he wanted to rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas as he could. No confirmed Miami blues have been seen on Bahia Honda since July 2010.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last August issued an emergency listing of the Miami blue as an endangered species. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Phelps wins men's 200 butterfly at worlds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Phelps won his first gold medal of the world swimming championships, taking the 200-meter butterfly in a tight race with Japan's Takeshi Matsuda.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7177523-phelps-wins-mens-200-butterfly-at-worlds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7177523-phelps-wins-mens-200-butterfly-at-worlds</guid><category>sports</category><category>worlds</category><category>men</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>200</category><category>michael-phelps</category><category>takeshi-matsuda</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:38:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f91961eb-b6e7-4f8e-bc17-86e38b01db60.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f91961eb-b6e7-4f8e-bc17-86e38b01db60.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Michael Phelps waves after winning the men's 200m Butterfly final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, July 27, 2011.  (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cielo wins men's 50 butterfly at swim worlds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo, cleared last week by a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing into doping, has won the men's 50-meter butterfly gold at the world championships.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7158731-cielo-wins-mens-50-butterfly-at-swim-worlds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7158731-cielo-wins-mens-50-butterfly-at-swim-worlds</guid><category>sports</category><category>worlds</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>men-50</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:51:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Vollmer wins women's 100 butterfly gold at worlds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dana Vollmer has given the United States its first gold medal in pool swimming at the world championships, catching Australia's Alicia Coutts in the final 20 meters to win the 100-meter butterfly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7158550-vollmer-wins-womens-100-butterfly-gold-at-worlds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7158550-vollmer-wins-womens-100-butterfly-gold-at-worlds</guid><category>sports</category><category>women</category><category>worlds</category><category>100</category><category>united-states</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>dana-vollmer</category><category>alicia-coutts</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:25:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/15f56454-f82d-4aa9-9efd-028eacf41e4c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/15f56454-f82d-4aa9-9efd-028eacf41e4c.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Dana Vollmer celebrates after winning the women's 100m Butterfly final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dfb982d1-8a0c-4b6d-9873-53ae4ee2bcab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dfb982d1-8a0c-4b6d-9873-53ae4ee2bcab.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Dana Vollmer is hugged by Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem after winning the women's 100m Butterfly final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a1a0d960-6562-4fc1-95cb-6670579af34b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a1a0d960-6562-4fc1-95cb-6670579af34b.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Dana Vollmer celebrates after winning the women's 100m Butterfly final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b62c9f3f-037d-49d3-926e-05aed376bca3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b62c9f3f-037d-49d3-926e-05aed376bca3.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Dana Vollmer celebrates after winning the women's 100m Butterfly final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 25, 2011.  (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Butterfly sex: Cool weather makes female seducers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The way male and female butterflies relate to one another as adults may depend on how they grew up &#8212; sort of like people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Randolph E. Schmid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Randolph E. Schmid]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5778309-butterfly-sex-cool-weather-makes-female-seducers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5778309-butterfly-sex-cool-weather-makes-female-seducers</guid><category>us</category><category>sex</category><category>science</category><category>sci</category><category>butterfly</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/af8ee768-38d0-4497-a760-a9cc78dc9147.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="384" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/af8ee768-38d0-4497-a760-a9cc78dc9147.jpg" width="120" height="116" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows Bicyclus anynana butterflies mating. Left: dry season female. Right: wet season male. The way male and female butterflies relate to one another as adults depends on how they grew up, sort of like people. Except in the case of the butterflies, it's not whether they had a happy youth that makes the difference, it's the actual weather they grew up in. (AP Photo/Science, William Piel &amp; Antonia Monteiro)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Reserve saves trees but not monarch butterflies</title>
<description><![CDATA[This small patch of mountain fir forest is a model of sorts for the global effort to save trees and fight climate change. The problem is that saving trees has not saved the forest's most famous visitors: Monarch butterflies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/26/5531811-reserve-saves-trees-but-not-monarch-butterflies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/26/5531811-reserve-saves-trees-but-not-monarch-butterflies</guid><category>mexico</category><category>threat</category><category>world-news</category><category>butterfly</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:56:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7154a868-ee66-4453-add8-fc8fde6e2f92.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7154a868-ee66-4453-add8-fc8fde6e2f92.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 5, 2010, pine seedlings grow at a reforestation project in San Juan Xoconusco, Mexico, part of the wintering grounds of the Monarch butterfly in the mountains west of Mexico City. The Monarch butterfly reserve in the mountains west of Mexico City is a link between developed and developing nations, the butterflies migrate to Mexico from the United States and Canada, and its has benefited from international help, like payments to communities to preserve trees and alternative income projects that helped cut the deforestation rate here by about 95 percent.  (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/33281d56-ecc5-428f-8a4d-6ccf2e71de4b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/33281d56-ecc5-428f-8a4d-6ccf2e71de4b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken  Nov. 5, 2010, a man clears debris from a patch of pine seedlings at a reforestation project in San Juan Xoconusco, Mexico, part of the wintering grounds of the Monarch butterfly in the mountains west of Mexico City. The Monarch butterfly reserve in the mountains west of Mexico City is a link between developed and developing nations, the butterflies migrate to Mexico from the United States and Canada, and its has benefited from international help, like payments to communities to preserve trees and alternative income projects that helped cut the deforestation rate here by about 95 percent.  (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1f4f33bf-46d1-4c5b-a1fe-53e29b02be9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1f4f33bf-46d1-4c5b-a1fe-53e29b02be9f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Nov. 5, 2010, a worker waters a patch of pine seedlings at a reforestation project in San Juan Xoconusco, Mexico, part of the wintering grounds of the Monarch butterfly in the mountains west of Mexico City. The Monarch butterfly reserve in the mountains west of Mexico City is a link between developed and developing nations, the butterflies migrate to Mexico from the United States and Canada, and its has benefited from international help, like payments to communities to preserve trees and alternative income projects that helped cut the deforestation rate here by about 95 percent.  (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/50f6b363-dfc1-40e4-877e-be730ab56c9b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/50f6b363-dfc1-40e4-877e-be730ab56c9b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken  Nov. 5, 2010, Javier Bueno Mercado, a community forest guardian, looks up at the forest in San Juan Xoconusco, Mexico,  part of the wintering grounds of the Monarch butterfly in the mountains west of Mexico City. The Monarch butterfly reserve in the mountains west of Mexico City is a link between developed and developing nations, the butterflies migrate to Mexico from the United States and Canada, and its has benefited from international help, like payments to communities to preserve trees and alternative income projects that helped cut the deforestation rate here by about 95 percent.  (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0087fbc1-3f26-4fdc-ad80-653591f7515a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0087fbc1-3f26-4fdc-ad80-653591f7515a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken  Nov. 5, 2010, Felix Solis Martinez, a leader of communal farmlands, takes a break as he lies down at a valley the forest of San Juan Xoconusco, Mexico,  part of the wintering grounds of the Monarch butterfly in the mountains west of Mexico City. The Monarch butterfly reserve in the mountains west of Mexico City is a link between developed and developing nations, the butterflies migrate to Mexico from the United States and Canada, and its has benefited from international help, like payments to communities to preserve trees and alternative income projects that helped cut the deforestation rate here by about 95 percent.  (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Soprano Martinez tries out &quot;Butterfly&quot; wings</title>
<description><![CDATA[A major new role for a soprano returning to one of her favorite houses. A local debut by one of the world's leading tenors. A spare and elegant production by a famous British director.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/23/5340217-soprano-martinez-tries-out-butterfly-wings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/23/5340217-soprano-martinez-tries-out-butterfly-wings</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>opera</category><category>butterfly</category><category>madame-butterfly</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/75a9dda8-d92b-44a4-b0ac-2c77b2416d43.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="367" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75a9dda8-d92b-44a4-b0ac-2c77b2416d43.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by the Houston Grand Opera, Ana Maria Martinez as Clo-Clo-San, right, and Joseph Calleja as Pinkerton perform in the Puccini tragic opera Madame Butterfly in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Grand Opera-Felix Sanchez)  NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0f83e455-261a-4260-8ba5-4cecdfb81cac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0f83e455-261a-4260-8ba5-4cecdfb81cac.jpg" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by the Houston Grand Opera, Ana Maria Martinez portrays Clo-Clo-San in the Puccini opera Madame Butterfly in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Grand Opera-Chuck Holloman)  NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a3a7662c-f23e-4bac-85fb-05b20ef6ee87.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="342" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a3a7662c-f23e-4bac-85fb-05b20ef6ee87.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo provided by the Houston Grand Opera Ana Maria Martinez portrays Clo-Clo-San when she learns the truth about Pinkerton in the Puccini tragic opera Madame Butterfly in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Grand Opera-Felix Sanchez) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>`Butterfly' back, and so is New York City Opera</title>
<description><![CDATA[Having disappeared from Lincoln Center for a season, New York City Opera is taking tiny steps toward recovery.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/20/4043556-butterfly-back-and-so-is-new-york-city-opera</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/20/4043556-butterfly-back-and-so-is-new-york-city-opera</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>review</category><category>opera</category><category>lincoln-center</category><category>butterfly</category><category>new-york-city-opera</category><category>madama-butterfly</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:25:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Almeida sets 200 butterfly short-course world mark</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kaio Almeida of Brazil has broken the world record in the men's 200-meter butterfly at a short-course World Cup meet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3486460-almeida-sets-200-butterfly-short-course-world-mark</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3486460-almeida-sets-200-butterfly-short-course-world-mark</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>world-record</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>200</category><category>kaio-almeida</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:26:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff303073-4027-47df-9969-e6bff17aa099.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff303073-4027-47df-9969-e6bff17aa099.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kaio Almeida, left, of Brazil smiles after setting a new world record at 1:49.11 in the Men's 200m Butterfly heat during the short-course World Cup swimming competition in Eriksdalshallen in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Swimmer at right unidentified. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Fredrik Sandberg)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Galvez breaks world record in 100-meter butterfly</title>
<description><![CDATA[Felicity Galvez of Australia has set a world record in the women's 100-meter butterfly at a short-course World Cup meet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3486200-galvez-breaks-world-record-in-100-meter-butterfly</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/10/3486200-galvez-breaks-world-record-in-100-meter-butterfly</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-cup</category><category>world-record</category><category>100</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>felicity-galvez</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:23:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/40e41c66-ebae-43e8-b82f-d2680ea9cf79.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/40e41c66-ebae-43e8-b82f-d2680ea9cf79.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Australian Felicity Galvez, right, reacts after winning the Women's 100m Butterfly heat during during the short-course World Cup swimming competition in Eriksdalshallen in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Swimmer at left unidentified. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Fredrik Sandberg)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Liu Zige sets 200 butterfly world record</title>
<description><![CDATA[Olympic champion Liu Zige knocked a stunning 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3405925-liu-zige-sets-200-butterfly-world-record</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/21/3405925-liu-zige-sets-200-butterfly-world-record</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-record</category><category>record</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>200</category><category>liu-zige</category><category>national-games</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:19:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c0fe438b-d270-46e1-8e0d-031bd93cd571.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c0fe438b-d270-46e1-8e0d-031bd93cd571.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by the Xinhua news agency Liu Zige from Shanghai reacts after winning the women's 200m butterfly final at the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, east China, on Wednesday  Oct. 21, 2009. Liu has wiped 1.6 seconds off the world record in the event. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Fan Jun)  ** NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/46a364a1-9ec1-4c0f-9afd-38663b7d2b33.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/46a364a1-9ec1-4c0f-9afd-38663b7d2b33.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Liu Zige from Shanghai competes during the women's 200m butterfly final at the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan in eastern China's Shandong province, on Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009. Liu has wiped 1.6 seconds off the world record in the event. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mexico fells trees to save butterfly reserve</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities who have struggled to stop illegal logging in Mexico's famed monarch butterfly reserve now are cutting down thousands of trees themselves to fight an unprecedented infestation of deadly bark beetles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Stevenson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3398805-mexico-fells-trees-to-save-butterfly-reserve</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3398805-mexico-fells-trees-to-save-butterfly-reserve</guid><category>mexico</category><category>battle</category><category>world-news</category><category>butterfly</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:25:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7c035c74-e57f-4462-a1e7-fdf2966e66d1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7c035c74-e57f-4462-a1e7-fdf2966e66d1.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Oct. 16, 2009, Rosendo Caro, Director of Mexico's Monarch butterfly reserve, stands in front of a group of trees severly damaged by the bark beetle, outside of the reserve near Ocampo,  Mexico. After decades of trying to stop logging in Mexico's Monarch butterfly reserve, biologists and park workers are having to cut down thousands of fir trees themselves, to combat an unprecedented infestation of bark beetles they say may have been unleashed by climate change. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8dd85d57-99aa-4edf-8b2a-a4596f2a43bf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8dd85d57-99aa-4edf-8b2a-a4596f2a43bf.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An axe sits on the ground near where men are cutting down a tree in the Monarch butterfly reserve near Ocampo,  Mexico, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. After decades of trying to stop logging in Mexico's Monarch butterfly reserve, biologists and park workers are having to cut down thousands of fir trees themselves, to combat an unprecedented infestation of bark beetles they say may have been unleashed by climate change. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9f4e90cc-dd67-4469-8e26-df5a5e0a83aa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9f4e90cc-dd67-4469-8e26-df5a5e0a83aa.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Oct. 16, 2009, a man cuts down a tree in the Monarch butterfly reserve near Ocampo,  Mexico. After decades of trying to stop logging in Mexico's Monarch butterfly reserve, biologists and park workers are having to cut down thousands of fir trees themselves, to combat an unprecedented infestation of bark beetles they say may have been unleashed by climate change. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/52a4aff6-ea90-4d88-bef9-ae9709a9ef6e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/52a4aff6-ea90-4d88-bef9-ae9709a9ef6e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Oct. 16, 2009, black vertical scars, damage from an infestation of bark beetles, are seen on logs that have been stripped of their bark in the Monarch butterfly reserve near Ocampo,  Mexico. After decades of trying to stop logging in Mexico's Monarch butterfly reserve, biologists and park workers are having to cut down thousands of fir trees themselves, to combat an unprecedented infestation of bark beetles they say may have been unleashed by climate change. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Federal agency won't list butterfly as endangered</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ruled the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly does not warrant listing as an endangered species and protection of its habitat.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sue Major Holmes]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/02/3218433-federal-agency-wont-list-butterfly-as-endangered</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/02/3218433-federal-agency-wont-list-butterfly-as-endangered</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>butterfly</category><category>wildlife-service</category><category>checkerspot-butterfly</category><category>sacramento-mountains</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:14:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Watchers track butterflies for environment signs</title>
<description><![CDATA[The rusty van creaks to a halt and two men jump out, binoculars in hand, heads pivoting. Quickly, questioningly, they call out evocative names: Is that a Pearl Crescent? A Carolina Satyr? A Sleepy Orange? A Swarthy Skipper?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/30/3093587-watchers-track-butterflies-for-environment-signs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/30/3093587-watchers-track-butterflies-for-environment-signs</guid><category>us</category><category>science</category><category>us-news</category><category>butterfly</category><category>backslide</category><category>pearl-crescent</category><category>carolina-satyr</category><category>sleepy-orange</category><category>swarthy-skipper</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:19:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad8d1c85-3999-4b86-810d-c06d9ba1e27a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad8d1c85-3999-4b86-810d-c06d9ba1e27a.jpg" width="120" height="198" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerry Payne looks for butterflies  during the annual butterfly count in Hillsboro, Ga., Friday, June 26, 2009. A count of the insects in a  central Georgia wildlife refuge may seem trivial, but researchers say the fluttering creatures are an important barometer for a healthy ecosystem. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/35147f9a-8f41-4aee-b49b-66e32a899728.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/35147f9a-8f41-4aee-b49b-66e32a899728.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Pearl Crescent butterfly is shown during the annual butterfly count in Hillsboro, Ga., Friday, June 26, 2009. A count of the insects in a  central Georgia wildlife refuge may seem trivial, but researchers say the fluttering creatures are an important barometer for a healthy ecosystem. Now some worry that the butterfly population is fluttering as their habitat declines.  (AP Photo/John Bazemore)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ce4e229f-da3b-4e9d-b7c0-c48db14daf4c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ce4e229f-da3b-4e9d-b7c0-c48db14daf4c.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jerry Payne looks for butterflies during the annual butterfly count in Hillsboro, Ga., Friday, June 26, 2009. A count of the insects in a  central Georgia wildlife refuge may seem trivial, but researchers say the fluttering creatures are an important barometer for a healthy ecosystem. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Phelps, inexperience mix on US team for worlds</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. team headed to the world swimming championships in Rome has a lot to live up to. The Americans won a leading 36 medals, including 20 golds at the 2007 worlds in Australia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Harris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beth Harris]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3012695-phelps-inexperience-mix-on-us-team-for-worlds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/09/3012695-phelps-inexperience-mix-on-us-team-for-worlds</guid><category>us</category><category>sports</category><category>world-record</category><category>100</category><category>nationals</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>aaron-peirsol</category><category>michael-phelps</category><category>ryan-lochte</category><category>cullen-jones</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:36:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1a3b46a5-c7a4-4fea-aa33-4ca8b6b664b7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1a3b46a5-c7a4-4fea-aa33-4ca8b6b664b7.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michael Phelps celebrates after setting a world record of 50.22 seconds in the finals of the men's 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 9, 2009.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cbc6cc6d-10f9-4bfb-8df4-d610e379660f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cbc6cc6d-10f9-4bfb-8df4-d610e379660f.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michael Phelps competes on his way to a world record time of 50.22 seconds to win in the finals of the men's 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 9, 2009.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/69b33724-60af-43d6-a02e-a865e816e941.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="473" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/69b33724-60af-43d6-a02e-a865e816e941.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michael Phelps celebrates after setting a world record of 50.22 seconds in the finals of the men's 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 9, 2009.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3ff7c4cd-f345-4846-89f1-9663f7ce5a71.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3ff7c4cd-f345-4846-89f1-9663f7ce5a71.jpg" width="120" height="208" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ryan Lochte waves to the crowd from the podium after winning the finals of the men's 200 meter individual medley at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/70aa2e0f-927d-4aa2-97b0-6319ee0bc6dc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/70aa2e0f-927d-4aa2-97b0-6319ee0bc6dc.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ryan Lochte swims the butterfly enroute to winning the finals of the men's 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f359ca83-cf04-4f2e-8e5e-6dda70b20fa6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f359ca83-cf04-4f2e-8e5e-6dda70b20fa6.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ryan Lochte swims during the finals of the men's 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. National swimming championships in Indianapolis, Friday, July 10, 2009. Lochte won with a time of 1:54.56. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bd13f006-ae1d-45ef-ac73-a73a7a0cdc45.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bd13f006-ae1d-45ef-ac73-a73a7a0cdc45.jpg" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cullen Jones reacts after winning the swim off in the men's 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. National swimming championships in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/93885317-e17f-46f2-bf82-558b37e4f921.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="298" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93885317-e17f-46f2-bf82-558b37e4f921.jpg" width="120" height="206" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cullen Jones reacts after winning the swim off in the men's 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. National swimming championships in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/095a5140-035b-4cca-a1a3-2d3981ac60c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/095a5140-035b-4cca-a1a3-2d3981ac60c5.jpg" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Aaron Peirsol swims in the finals of the men's 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. National swimming championships in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 11, 2009. Peirsol set a world record with a time of 1:53.08. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fe5cdf78-68a8-470a-84ab-d904a54caa02.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fe5cdf78-68a8-470a-84ab-d904a54caa02.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Aaron Peirsol, front, reacts after setting a world record in the finals of the men's 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. National swimming championships in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 11, 2009. Tyler Clary who finished third looks on.(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/195ec060-cf87-4753-95a3-6c53ef5bf794.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="293" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/195ec060-cf87-4753-95a3-6c53ef5bf794.jpg" width="120" height="210" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Aaron Peirsol swims in the finals of the men's 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. National swimming championships in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 11, 2009. Peirsol set a world record with a time of 1:53.08. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/09bc0265-eeba-45d4-a207-52e17c43af7b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/09bc0265-eeba-45d4-a207-52e17c43af7b.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Aaron Peirsol reacts after setting a world record in the finals of the men's 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. National swimming championships in Indianapolis, Saturday, July 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ants tricked into raising butterflies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Flitting across your yard, butterflies seem friendly and harmless. But at least one type has learned to raise its young as parasites, tricking ants into feeding it and giving special treatment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/05/2399013-ants-tricked-into-raising-butterflies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/05/2399013-ants-tricked-into-raising-butterflies</guid><category>science</category><category>sci</category><category>butterfly</category><category>parasite</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:24:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Leveaux sets world record in 50 butterfly</title>
<description><![CDATA[Amaury Leveaux of France set a world record Sunday in the men's 50-meter butterfly &#8212; his fourth at the European short-course championships and fifth in nine days.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/14/2211503-leveaux-sets-world-record-in-50-butterfly</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/14/2211503-leveaux-sets-world-record-in-50-butterfly</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-record</category><category>record</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>50</category><category>men-50</category><category>amaury-leveaux</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:46:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NY couple, trucker help injured butterfly migrate</title>
<description><![CDATA[A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/20/2133149-ny-couple-trucker-help-injured-butterfly-migrate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/20/2133149-ny-couple-trucker-help-injured-butterfly-migrate</guid><category>odd</category><category>odd-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>butterfly</category><category>broken-butterfly</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:09:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Indian court sentences 2 Czech men in insect theft</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Indian court has fined a Czech entomologist and sentenced another Czech citizen to three years in prison after finding them guilty of illegally collecting rare butterflies and beetles in the country's remote northeast, officials said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/11/1853331-indian-court-sentences-2-czech-men-in-insect-theft</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/11/1853331-indian-court-sentences-2-czech-men-in-insect-theft</guid><category>india</category><category>theft</category><category>world-news</category><category>butterfly</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:06:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Phelps wins 7th gold by 0.01 seconds</title>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia to the wall to win the 100-meter butterfly Saturday, tying Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/15/1752297-phelps-wins-7th-gold-by-001-seconds</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/15/1752297-phelps-wins-7th-gold-by-001-seconds</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>100</category><category>men</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>michael-phelps</category><category>mark-spitz</category><category>milorad-cavic</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b95db247-3d16-4263-8ee8-d68e148aaa89.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b95db247-3d16-4263-8ee8-d68e148aaa89.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States' Michael Phelps reacts as he wins gold in the final of the men's  100-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008.  (AP Photo/Mark Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>China goes 1-2 in women's 200 butterfly</title>
<description><![CDATA[Liu Zige has given China its first swimming gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, winning the women's 200-meter butterfly in a world record with her teammate Jiao Liuyang taking the silver.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/13/1746937-china-goes-1-2-in-womens-200-butterfly</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/13/1746937-china-goes-1-2-in-womens-200-butterfly</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>200</category><category>women-200</category><category>liu-zige</category><category>jiao-liuyang</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:55:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8ea22a4d-3313-47a1-9e49-a37c17f2b425.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="477" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8ea22a4d-3313-47a1-9e49-a37c17f2b425.jpg" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;China's Liu Zige swims to win the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Behind her is her teammate Jiao Liuyang, silver. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Phelps wins 4th gold in world record 200 butterfly</title>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Phelps has become the winningest Olympic athlete ever, earning his fourth gold medal of the Beijing Games with a world record in the 200-meter butterfly. The American touched in 1 minute, 52.03 seconds, breaking his old mark of 1:52.09 set at last year's world championships in Australia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/12/1743920-phelps-wins-4th-gold-in-world-record-200-butterfly</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/12/1743920-phelps-wins-4th-gold-in-world-record-200-butterfly</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>beijing-games</category><category>men</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>200</category><category>michael-phelps</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:32:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/67164a9b-2f68-45b7-8033-0a1db76036ea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/67164a9b-2f68-45b7-8033-0a1db76036ea.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United States' Michael Phelps swims to win the gold medal as he sets a new world record in the men's 200-meter butterfly final during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0db33e0f-2c1c-4790-904e-c137a1e54899.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0db33e0f-2c1c-4790-904e-c137a1e54899.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michael Phelps of the United States swims on his way to setting a world record to win the men's 200-meter butterfly during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Trickett wins 100 fly, just off record pace</title>
<description><![CDATA[Libby Trickett of Australia has won the women's 100-meter butterfly, capturing her first Olympic gold by holding off American Christine Magnuson.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/10/1738070-trickett-wins-100-fly-just-off-record-pace</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/10/1738070-trickett-wins-100-fly-just-off-record-pace</guid><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>libby-trickett</category><category>women-100</category><category>american-christine-magnuson</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:36:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Galvez Sets 100 Butterfly World Record</title>
<description><![CDATA[Felicity Galvez of Australia has set a world record in the women's 100-meter butterfly at the short-course swimming world championships.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/11/1425105-galvez-sets-100-butterfly-world-record</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/11/1425105-galvez-sets-100-butterfly-world-record</guid><category>sports</category><category>world-record</category><category>butterfly</category><category>swm</category><category>50</category><category>felicity-galvez</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:03:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bc41bed6-3ceb-4308-a869-65746c8e5d33.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bc41bed6-3ceb-4308-a869-65746c8e5d33.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Australia's Felicity Galvez looks up after finishing a Women's 50m butterfly heat during the World Short Course Swimming Championships at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, Thursday April 10, 2008.  (AP Photo/Jon Super)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>