Ahead of the Big Butterfly Count next month, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies – that was once on ‘the brink of extinction’ – is rising in numbers. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the ...

Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity ...

A butterfly once pronounced extinct in the UK has been seen in record numbers this year, according to experts. The large blue butterfly was pronounced extinct in Britain in 1979 then later ...

Unlike the small tortoiseshell butterfly, the large tortoiseshell butterfly hasn't been a resident of the UK since the 1960s.

Lars B. Pettersson receives funding from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The charity behind the world’s largest butterfly survey has declared a national emergency. Butterfly ...

A Sept. 15 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows British media personality and political commentator Katie Hopkins discussing purported events in the U.K. "The butterfly population in the ...

Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ...

Researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable body temperature. Species that rely most on finding a suitably shady location ...

Increasingly frequent extreme weather events could threaten butterfly populations in the UK and could be the cause of recently reported butterfly population crashes, according to research.