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Rare Butterflies Donated to Museum

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Gift of 'Irreplaceable Samples'

A gift of 2.2 million butterflies and moths, valued at over $41 million, was recently donated to the Florida Museum of Natural History. Here, the director of the museum's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Thomas Emmel, displays a Callicore pastazza, left, and Nessaea lesouderi butterfly, both from the American tropics.

Jeff Gage, Florida Museum of Natural History

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Genius Grants Awarded to 24

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A reporter specializing in civil rights-era cold case murders and lawyer who advocates for the mentally ill are among 24 recipients, including 16 under the age 50, to pocket $500,000 fellowships.

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Michigan Teacher Spends 65 hours in Tree

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He calls it "Operation Squirrel." A middle school teacher rewards the tree-mendous fundraising efforts of his Michigan students by spending 65 hours in an arboreal perch 40 feet above ground, from where he will conduct classes.

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