Chances are you've seen a Poweshiek skipperling butterfly and not even known it. But the moth-like insects are rapidly disappearing from their native Midwestern prairies.
Michigan Nature Association put together a short documentary called “Life on the Brink,” which shows the conservation work to save the endangered Poweshiek skipperling.
Beginning in the early 2000s, the Poweshiek skipperling population suddenly cratered in Minnesota, for reasons that aren t yet fully clear. Researchers at the Minnesota Zoo are part of a last-ditch effort to stop the species from dying out.