The brightly-coloured small tortoiseshell has suffered a 50 per cent decline in numbers over the last 30 years because of an invasion of parasitic flies. At one point is was feared one of Britain’s ...

Small tortoiseshell butterfly numbers plummeted this year despite the hot sunny conditions, results from the annual Big Butterfly Count show. The well-known garden butterfly suffered its worst summer ...

The annual Big Butterfly Count has revealed some common species of British butterfly have plummeted in number. Once a familiar sight, the small tortoiseshell butterfly saw its worst numbers since the ...

It’s amazing how a small, drab butterfly can lift one’s spirits on a dark, heavy overcast day with a constant threat of rain. That was the case last weekend when eight of us butterfly lovers set out ...

THE small tortoiseshell butterfly has continued to fight back against long-term declines this year, an annual survey has revealed. The familiar butterfly, which has lost three-quarters of its ...

Some butterflies are disappearing. They are falling to factors like pesticide use and loss of habitat. But Kerry Sheridan with WUSF reports a native Florida butterfly is making a surprising comeback. ...

Deer graze on tall prairie grass. Bushy-tailed foxes chase rabbits across a windswept landscape. Bald eagles perch along cliffs overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and snow-capped Olympic Mountains ...

A rare butterfly thought to be extinct in Northern Ireland has been discovered in Co Fermanagh. The Small Blue butterfly was discovered by Bobbie Hamill, a surveyor from the Northern Ireland ...