Britons have been urged to stop mowing their lawns amid a national 'butterfly crisis' as insect numbers continue to plunge.

KOTA KINABALU: Not many Malaysians are aware that the Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing, also known as Trogonoptera brookiana, is our national butterfly. Many may also not realise that the hologram of the ...

A butterfly charity hopes a government ban on certain pesticides could reverse a significant decline in populations. The ...

With no sightings in two years, the rare Ogasawara blue butterfly, named after its island chain natural habitat far south of Tokyo and designated a national natural treasure, is considered extinct ...

Butterfly Conservation Norfolk said that 40,698 butterflies were counted in 2024, compared to 53,595 in 2023. The Wider Countryside Butterfly Scheme (WCBS) also recorded a 43pc fall, with an average ...

Metroparks Toledo notes that 550 species of butterflies are declining and have been doing so for the last 20 years. However, ...

Experts said they were ‘devastated’ by the findings, which also show 2024 was one of the worst years on record for ...

More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term decline, as humans destroy habitats, use pesticides and drive climate change, experts said. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme ...