A record number of one of the UK's rarest butterflies has been found at a nature site. More than double the number of silk ...

Ahead of the Big Butterfly Count next month, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies – that was once on ‘the brink of extinction’ – is rising in numbers. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the ...

A butterfly that became extinct in England has reemerged and is now thriving thanks to a successful breeding project. As BirdGuides reported, ecologists brought a donor population of chequered ...

A welcome "butterfly bomb" has landed on a large Essex estate managed by the Butterfly Conservation, according to the BBC. The charity, which also looks after ancient woodlands and 200 acres of ...

RENO, Nev.— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the bleached sandhill skipper. This ...

Four rare butterfly species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly. Forest-sent consolation prizes that I can’t complain about ...

Spooky season is in full swing over in Missouri. A biologist recently spotted and photographed a super rare white monarch butterfly in the exact same spot where she previously saw a more common orange ...

Hershey, Pa -- Hershey, Pa is known for its amusement park and chocolate factory, but its also home to dozens of rare butterflies. The Butterfly Atrium at the Hershey Gardens houses has butterflies ...