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                    [ArticleID] => 2242743
                    [Title] => Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm
                    [Summary] => The colorfully winged insects that travel vast distances over the course of generations have been closely watched in the US state since they neared extinction just three years ago.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-02-05 11:19:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806497
                    [AuthorName] => Julie Jammot
                    [SectionName] => Climate and Environment
                    [SectionUrl] => climate-and-environment
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/02/05/monarch-butterflies_2023-02-05_11-20-31_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1534333
                    [Title] => Mexico's monarch butterfly reserve lost 24 acres
                    [Summary] => 

Studies found that illegal loggers clear-cut at least 24 acres (10 hectares) in the monarch butterflies' wintering grounds in central Mexico this year, a Mexican environmentalist said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-18 14:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151219/Butterfly-Monarch-Butterflies.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1522171 [Title] => How do you spell beauty? [Summary] =>

An older cousin once asked me this question, probably to check how well I could spell.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-14 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133688 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1341377 [AuthorName] => Grace D. Chong [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1284709 [Title] => Monarch butterflies drop, migration may disappear [Summary] =>

The stunning and little-understood annual migration of millions of Monarch butterflies to spend the winter in Mexico is in danger of disappearing, experts said yesterday, after numbers dropped to their lowest level since record-keeping began in 1993.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-30 08:00:52 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500188 [AuthorName] => Mark Stevenson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698228 [Title] => Sexy, comfy sandals [Summary] =>

Reliving the exotic and vibrant spirit of Brazil, Ipanema threw an exciting and colorful mardi gras showcasing its latest collection of fashion-forward sandals, wedges and flip-flops at the recent Philippine Fashion Week 2011.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 492895 [Title] => Butterflies Galore [Summary] => CEBU, Philippines - A unique, inspirational collection with a combination of talent, effort, hard-work and determination into preserving butterflies put together by the late Cebuano professor, Julian Jumalon is found at the Jumalon Butterfly Sanctuary and Art Gallery, located at Macopa Street in Basak, Pardo. [DatePublished] => 2009-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444501 [AuthorName] => Kristalle Garcia-Kekert [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292865 [Title] => Butterfly wishes [Summary] => The practice of releasing butterflies during weddings is a relatively new one in the Philippines, which, like its Asian neighbors, traditionally associate butterflies with the spirit and the moment of death.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1721099 [AuthorName] => Rose G. De La Cruz [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263646 [Title] => Butterflies & fairy tales [Summary] => A happpy childhood is what Jul Dizon’s exhibit reminded me of. Chasing dragonflies at my grandma Hernandez-Manzano’s garden, sucking the stem of an orange santan for a taste of honey, running away from the giant capre under the balete tree while watching my grandmother water her ever dearest plants. [DatePublished] => 2004-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1773484 [AuthorName] => Tingting Cojuangco [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263697 [Title] => The Butterfly Effect [Summary] => "To make a wish come true, you must first capture a butterfly and whisper your wish to it. Then set it free and it will take your wish to the heavens, where it will be granted". This is a fitting legend of a rare flying flower otherwise known as the flying ambassadors of Marinduque Island.

Since it became an export commodity around 30 years ago, these butterflies are now going around the world spreading the goodwill message of conservation of our natural environment.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1213369 [AuthorName] => Carlos J. Andam [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255480 [Title] => More people being drawn to butterfly farming [Summary] => Time was when wellwishers used to shower newlyweds with grains of milled white rice.

This traditional practice has been discarded, particularly in recent decades when big rice shortage perennially stared the nation right in its face.

Among those now used in wedding rites instead of rice are butterflies, those gentle, beautiful, and molticolored creatures fondly described by some "romantics" as "flying flowers."
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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