A warming climate has helped some to flourish, researchers say, but the outlook is troubling.

Warmer weather has benefited some species in Britain, but others that rely on specific plants or habitats have struggled ...

Figures from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme show 33 of the country's 59 species have fallen since 1976. The scheme, by Wareham-based Butterfly Conservation and partners, has gathered more than 44 ...

Of the 59 native species of butterflies monitored across the UK, figures show that 33 have declined in numbers and just 25 ...

WASHINGTON - Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say. Climate change is threatening the existence of many species, such as the giant polar bear. But in the case ...

Rare white-letter hairstreak butterflies have been spotted after volunteers planted elm trees.

The newly published UKBMS annual results show that despite the UK experiencing its sunniest year on record – weather in which butterflies should thrive – 2025 was only an average butterfly year (20th ...

The Butterfly Conservation charity’s big butterfly count asks the UK public to record butterflies wherever they see them each summer. In 2024 so far, sightings are the lowest in the survey’s 14-year ...

A Sept. 15 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows British media personality and political commentator Katie Hopkins discussing purported events in the U.K. "The butterfly population in the ...

NOTWITFISTANDING the large number of books relating to British butterflies, there was still room for a pocket handbook which should do for the present generation what Coleman's “British Butterflies” ...