The Great Butterfly Heist
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A collector stole thousands of butterflies from Australian museums, sparking concern about the loss of valuable scientific specimens and the motivations behind such a large-scale theft.
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The Smithsonian wrote up the story: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/great-feather-...
After the magazine article was published, NPR’s “This American Life” ran a piece about the feather heist: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist