The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way. It spends its whole life within a few hundred yards of two native plants, seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat — and is ...

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.

Conservation experts say research shows letting part of a garden grow wild with long grass increases butterflies. Last year, 51 of the UK's 59 butterfly species showed a decline in numbers compared ...

The chalk hill blue butterfly has suffered its worst recorded ... suffered its worst summer in the history of the Big Butterfly Count. Butterfly Conservation is now urging the UK government ...

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly. (Image: Malcolm Hull/Butterfly Conservation) Branch recorder Andrew Wood said: "2024 was one of the worst butterfly seasons - a perfect storm of the climate crisis, ...

The green-veined white has seen a 28% decline, while the grizzled skipper, small pearl-bordered fritillary and chalk hill blue ... "butterfly emergency" following the worst-ever results of its Big ...