Butterfly charity calls for people to let grass grow long to preserve vital habitats for butterflies as long-term decline ...

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 the butterfly species in the UK are in long-term decline for the first time and experts say human actions ...

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

Experts said that butterfly numbers fluctuate from year to year, and last year’s low numbers are in part due to the wet spring and relatively cool summer which did not provide good conditions ...

Butterfly populations fluctuate annually in response to the weather. The study said that 2024's low numbers were partly due to a wet spring followed by a relatively cool summer. But Dr Fox noted ...

Richard Fox from Butterfly Conservation said he was “devastated ... The expert said this decline was partly due to the wet spring and relatively cool summer, which provided less than ...

It was revealed that 2024 was the fifth-worst year on record for butterflies, with 51 of the UK’s 59 species declining. It was also the worst year on record for species like the small tortoiseshell, ...