Conservation experts are urging homeowners not to mow their lawns over the coming months to help boost butterfly numbers, with more than half of UK species now in long-term decline. Last year was ...

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has sounded the alarm following the release of data from its Big Butterfly Count, which showed the average number of butterflies spotted per count had ...

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A 'butterfly emergency' was declared after the low results of the citizen science Big Butterfly Count last year. Richard Fox from Butterfly Conservation said many people since then have been ...

Species including the small tortoiseshell suffered their worst year ever, the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme said (Iain H Leach/PA) More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term ...

The results come after Butterfly Conservation declared a UK-wide “butterfly emergency” following the worst-ever results of its citizen science Big Butterfly Count last year. Dr Fox said the wildlife ...

"When butterflies are in decline, we know that there are big problems with our environment," Dr Fox told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Butterfly populations fluctuate annually in response to the ...

More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term decline, as humans destroy habitats, use pesticides and drive climate change, experts said. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a ...