Following a bad year for butterflies in 2024, the charity Butterfly Conservation is stressing it’s more important than ever ...

Normally seen alone or in pairs, this tiny orange and brown butterfly thrives during warm, dry summers but is in long-term ...

The heath fritillary, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies, has seen a remarkable resurgence on the National Trust’s Holnicote ...

Karner blue butterflies are a federally endangered species and Wisconsin holds the largest population in the world. How are ...

More than 1,000 heath fritillaries have been recorded so far this year on the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset.

More than half of the butterfly species in the UK are in long-term decline for the first time and experts say human actions are to blame.. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a coalition of ...

A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a ...

A man was gardening at home in Somerset when he was ‘amazed’ to spot a rare butterfly being chased by his dog.

India's conservation map just got brighter. After 25 years of effort, Aralam in Kerala becomes the first sanctuary in India dedicated solely to butterflies.

When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are ...

A West Somerset Exmoor estate has seen a resurgence of a rare butterfly species, once on the "brink of extinction".