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” ...

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 ...

More than two-fifths of British butterflies are threatened with extinction, with experts warning that action is needed to prevent species being lost. The latest Red List for British butterflies shows ...

MR. FROHAWK is well known to naturalists as an admirable delineator and accurate observer of British lepidoptera in all their stages. The present work amply fulfils the expectations of those who knew ...

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 ...

Butterflies are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature and new research has revealed that when summer weather turns bad the silver-spotted skipper battles for survival. The butterfly, which ...

A groundbreaking project has been launched to help protect one of the UK’s most spectacular insects. The British Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) is found exclusively in East Anglia ...

“Britain’s Butterflies: A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Ireland,” by David Newland et. al., is a wonderfully detailed, photo-rich book filled with interesting information about Britain ...

A groundbreaking project has been launched to help protect one of the UK’s most spectacular insects. The British Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) is found exclusively in the county ...

Butterfly populations in Catalonia in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature by basking in the sunshine, but rising global temperatures due to ...