A wildlife charity has announced the dates for this year's Big Butterfly Count. Butterfly Conservation's annual citizen science programme will take place from July 18 to August 10. The event, now ...

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Butterflies, known for their beauty and vital role in pollination, are vanishing from U.S. landscapes at an alarming rate. A comprehensive study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found ...

A fluttering butterfly makes most people smile with delight — a reaction that makes them special among insects. Some people love butterflies so much that, like birders, they look for and count ...