Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity ...

A stunning butterfly classed as extinct for 30 years has been spotted across parts of England. The Large Tortoiseshell has ...

Unlike the small tortoiseshell butterfly, the large tortoiseshell butterfly hasn't been a resident of the UK since the 1960s.

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation say that if sightings continue at this rate, they will officially remove the large tortoiseshell from their list of extinct British butterflies. Find out more ...

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.

Last year marked a devastating low for butterflies in the UK, according to new figures from conservationists. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) found that more than half of the UK's butterfly ...

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 ...

The Butterfly Conservation charity hopes to open 40 habitats for wildlife during the two-year project.

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 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 ...

There has been a steep fall in number of UK butterfly species over the past decade, according to a report. A study drawn by the Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology has ...