Every year, for millions of years, a huge number of painted lady butterflies have migrated thousands of miles across Europe, ...

In 2024, the number of butterflies counted was the lowest since the start of the butterfly monitoring scheme. Nine of the 54 butterfly species studied, including the Essex skipper and the ...

From 2000 to 2020, the number of butterflies fell by 22% across the continental United States. That’s 1 in 5 butterflies lost. The findings are from an analysis just published in the journal Science ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, ...

There’s some encouraging news about monarch butterflies, reports the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). According to a new report released in Mexico, the eastern monarch butterfly population, which breeds ...

The index consists of ten of the seventeen grassland butterflies selected by the EU (the other seven are not native to the Netherlands): wall brown, dingy skipper, meadow brown, dusky large blue, ...

The butterfly population has declined for the tenth year in a row, and in 2024 it reached its lowest level since the start of ...