The California Academy of Sciences hopes to restart blue butterfly population

There’s good news tonight for a team in Presidio National Park, working to introduce Silvery Blue butterflies to the ecosystem to act as crucial pollinators. The butterflies are close genetic relatives to the extinct Xerces Blue, the first American butterfly to go extinct, because of human development. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz has more from San Francisco.

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Adam Skowronski
Adam Skowronski

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