Chief executive officer Dr David Gibson said black-veined white butterflies were some of "the rarest animals in the UK at the ...

A 'showstopper' butterfly was the clear winner in a poll to find the UK's favourite, but lots of other colourful species made the top five too. Find out which one won here.

Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ...

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 national butterfly emergency has been declared after a citizen count showed a hugely concerning decline in numbers in the UK, warns a conservation charity. Overall, participants spotted just seven ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anyone who has butterflies in their garden has been asked to take urgent action after worrying new figures showed numbers have ...

EXPERTS have sounded the alarm over worryingly low UK butterfly numbers after a woeful annual count. Conservationists fear we will face “extinction events never before seen in our lifetime” unless ...

Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a fifth since the 1970s, with species that need specific habitats faring even worse, official figures show. Conservationists warn falls in butterfly numbers are ...

Butterflies rely on flowers for nectar, which gives them the energy they need to fly.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes.

Garden enthusiasts are being called to take immediate action as alarming new figures have emerged showing a drastic decrease in butterfly populations over the last year. The latest UK Butterfly ...

Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ...