Few creatures are as beautiful as the butterfly, but they're slowly disappearing along with other insects, and it's going to ...

Among the species hardest hit is the monarch butterfly, with its vivid orange-and-black wings and one of the most ...

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 ...

Now, a groundbreaking new study offers the most comprehensive answers to date about the status of butterflies in the contiguous United States. Get the news that matters most ...

Overall, nearly one-third of the 342 butterfly species we were able to study declined by more than half. Twenty-two species fell by more than 90%. Only nine actually increased in numbers.

Record Numbers at Pound Wood This year, 218 heath fritillary butterflies were counted at Pound Wood Nature Reserve. This breaks the previous record of 148 set in 2019.

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about one of Earth's ...

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, ...

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 ...

Butterfly numbers in Norfolk plummeted by 24pc last year - equating to almost 13,000 less than the previous year. Butterfly Conservation Norfolk said that 40,698 butterflies were counted in 2024 ...

Monarch butterflies are migrating north and have ... Officials monitoring the 2024-25 wintering season in Mexico, said their numbers doubled as they occupied 4.42 acres of central Mexico's forests.