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    40 Percent Of Insect Species Could Go Extinct In Coming Decades, Study Finds

    Feb 12, 2019 2 minutes
    In this Oct. 21, 2013 file photo, a monarch butterfly lands on a confetti lantana plant. (Pat Sullivan/AP)

    New numbers compiled by researchers in Australia reveal just how widespread the decline of insect populations around the world has gotten.

    Published in the journal Biological Conservation, the found 40 percent of insect species are now facing extinction over the next few decades, and around 41 percent of all

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