Butterflies are common throughout the world; however, there is more to them than meets the eye. From optical illusions in ...

Wild Things columnist Eric Brown urges readers to volunteer for a national butterfly survey and predicts the spring sunshine will mean ...

While the mosquito might be an obvious choice, dragonflies can stop on a dime at 35 miles an hour and even fly backward.

There are more than 120 species of butterflies in western Pennsylvania, and the North American Butterfly Association wants ...

There is a group of day-flying butterflies which look rather like moths, being short, stubby, and with fat bodies. These are ...

Cattle are to graze on a hill on Llanymynech for the first time since the 1970s in order to help local wildlife.

It is the height of summer in Europe, a time when many people head out into nature or to enjoy urban greenspaces . But over ...

As the climate warms, many species are shifting northward into areas that were previously too cold for them. A study, ...

The Dakota skipper butterfly was added to EPA's insecticide strategy addressing protection of endangered species (Fish and Wildlife Service photo) Both industry and environmentalist groups are ...

Butterfly numbers at their lowest since monitoring started In 2024, the number of butterflies counted was the lowest since the start of the butterfly monitoring scheme. Nine of the 54 butterfly ...

Still, 13 times more species declined than increased in population between 2000 and 2020. The research also found that two-thirds of the species examined showed declines of 10% or more.

Conservation experts are urging homeowners not to mow their lawns over the coming months to help boost butterfly numbers, with more than half of UK species now in long-term decline. Last year was ...