Butterfly numbers have "vastly improved" over the past year, a conservation charity has said, but "urgent measures" were ...

Jimmy Doherty is the founder of Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park and is a visiting professor at the university, which has ...

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 ...

Climate change could mean fewer butterfly species in the UK, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change today. As extreme droughts become more frequent, local populations of butterflies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Finally, some good news! Conservationists have successfully reintroduced previously extinct large blue butterflies to the UK, with the creatures populating parts of the country for the first time in ...

The use of neonicotinoid pesticides may be contributing to the decline of butterflies in the UK, a new study has revealed. This is the first scientific evidence of a possible negative impact on ...