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Until the 20th century, the Palos Verdes peninsula—a small spit of land south of Los Angeles—was the only home of the blue butterfly Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis. Unchecked development, however, eroded this small habitat and nearly caused the extinction of the fickle butterfly.

After years of work rebuilding the degraded ecosystem, conservationists released 80 Palos Verdes blue b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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