A new study confirms the British swallowtail butterfly is genetically unique. This native species possesses significantly ...

Conservationists on Wednesday voiced concern at a fall in the number of butterflies found in the UK, declaring a "butterfly emergency" and calling for greater protections for under-threat species. "It ...

The charity behind the world's largest butterfly survey has declared a national emergency. Butterfly Conservation's annual Big Butterfly Count, which started in 2010, asks people in the UK to tally ...

Wiltshire has crowned the Brimstone its favourite butterfly following a recent poll. Now, Butterfly Conservation is ...

A species of butterfly previously only found in Southern Europe has been seen in the UK for the first time, according to charity Butterfly Conservation. Experts have tracked the Southern Small White ...

Peacock butterflies, with their striking colours and “eye-spots”, beat 59 other British species in the vote run by Butterfly Conservation.

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The ‘showstopper’ butterfly named Britain’s favourite in nationwide poll - Its striking colours and distinctive ‘eye-spots’ saw it clinch the top spot ...

Butterflies are important bellwethers of environmental change. Highly sensitive to climatic conditions and undergoing large fluctuations in abundance from year to year due to vagaries of weather, they ...