We examined a remnant host plant (Primula veris L.) habitat network that was last inhabited by the rare butterfly Hamearis lucina L. in north Wales in 1943, to assess the relative contribution of ...

Conservation management around the margins of agriculture fail to protect butterfly species at greatest risk from the intensification of farming, a new study says. The research, from the University of ...

The Forestry Commission has linked up with Butterfly Conservation to lure one of Yorkshire’s rarest butterflies back to a former haunt. The striking yellow and brown flecked Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A rare butterfly that is in decline is "now stable and expanding" in a county due to work carried out by volunteers. Network Rail said a project involving the Butterfly Conservation and Chiltern ...

Almost one in ten British butterfly species has become extinct due to meadow destruction, scientists have warned in a new study. Eight per cent of species have been lost in the UK, researchers said, ...

One-sixth of species assessed in a comprehensive study on the state of UK nature is at risk of disappearing from England, Scotland and Wales. The conservation organisations behind the report are ...

Conservation management around the margins of agriculture fail to protect butterfly species at greatest risk from the intensification of farming, a new study says. Conservation management around the ...