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Secrets of the Blakiston Fan: Isolated butterfly revealed as new species
Wilder Institute Hidden in the wind-swept grasslands of Waterton Lakes National Park, a tiny butterfly has been keeping a big secret. Long believed to be just another population of the widespread half-moon hairstreak, this delicate insect—confined entirely to the Blakiston Fan—has now been recognized as its own species: the curiously isolated hairstreak (Satyrium curiosolus). Far more than a taxonomic update, this discovery reveals a lineage… Read More »
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Alberta Sugar Beet Growers inks five-year contract with Lantic
By Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On May 9, the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG) announced that it had secured a… Read More »