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

University of Oxford researchers have led a new study which found that hedgerows, small copses and even individual trees can ...

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

Following a bad year for butterflies in 2024, it’s more important than ever to take part in this year’s Big Butterfly Count.

University of Oxford researchers have led a new study which found that hedgerows, small copses and even individual trees can significantly increase ...

Following a bad year for butterflies in 2024, the charity Butterfly Conservation is stressing it’s more important than ever ...

The heath fritillary, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies, has seen a remarkable resurgence on the National Trust’s Holnicote ...

I hiked up along a plunging river through dusty brown vegetation, whose seed pods rattled like a snake’s tail as I brushed ...

More than 1,000 heath fritillaries have been recorded so far this year on the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset.

Discover the question mark butterfly as it emerges in forests, showcasing vivid colors, unique camouflage and a seasonal life ...

A West Somerset Exmoor estate has seen a resurgence of a rare butterfly species, once on the "brink of extinction".

A "conservation success story" has seen a British butterfly species coaxed in to a new county. The purple emperor is a ...