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 ...

Thanks to a sunny spring, the population of a rare butterfly has nearly doubled in the English west country, The Guardian reported. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the woodman's follower, is ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, a rare butterfly, known as the red-spotted patch butterfly, was spotted in South ...

Biologists deposited caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly on its host plant, the sundial lupine, in north Florida. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

TWIN LAKE, MI — A tiny, rare butterfly has become “the mascot” for ecological efforts in West Michigan. The silvery-winged Karner blue butterfly flitted among native spotted bee balm and butterfly ...

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 ...

SANTA FE, N.M.— Conservation groups Forest Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last Friday over its failure to grant ...

Rangers have a welcomed a boost in the population of a rare butterfly species following years of work to improve their habitat. The number of Dingy Skipper butterflies surveyed at Cannock Chase ...

Butterfly abundance in the continental United States has crashed some 22% in only 20 years across 554 species counted, an alarming new scientific study involving Michigan State University found.

Conservationists found a rare creature laying eggs in Wales decades after the species went locally extinct, an organization said. Google Street View May 2024 © 2025 ...