Severe winter weather, heavy rains and landslides are believed to have destroyed much of the butterfly population.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

But this year, experts say the butterfly population has dropped by as much as fifty percent.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

A virus turns much of the human population into vampires.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

And the research that's been conducted on chimpanzees so far says VandeBerghas,already benefited much of the world's population.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

Schellman says, besides missing out on much of the beauty of Cape Verdean culture, all-inclusive resorts do not benefit the Cape Verdean population.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Some economists say prices for rice, the staple food for much of the world's population, could be returning to levels that sparked inflation fears in much of Asia last year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

They are the nurseries of the ocean, where many species of fish and shrimp breed and serve as a buffer against coastal erosion in a region where much of the population livesin low-lying areas.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

And,this constant movement of population also affects the humanitarian workers as it makes the planning and the delivery of aid much more difficult because we cannot predict where the people are going or if they are coming back."

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

"I think you are seeing Premier Wen, the prime minister, addressing not so much an American audience or President Obama, but addressing a very increasingly restive population that wants, or that appears to want, the Chinese leadership to stand up to international pressure."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Some want an independent review. And the trial's researchers, like Dr.Nelson Michael, of the Walter Reed Institute of Research in the United States, say it's unclear what difference the findings will make for areas like Africa where rates of HIV/AIDS are much higher than among the test population and where there are many strains of the virus.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20