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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Japan's nuclear leaks sparked butterfly mutations

In this undated photo taken by Chiyo Nohara at University of the Ryukyus and released by the university, an adult pale grass blue butterfly collected near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is shown with dented eyes and stunted wings at the university laboratory.