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

More than half of butterfly species in the UK are now in long-term decline and over a third are showing significant declines.

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

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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.

Newly released data has shown that 2024 was one of the worst years on record for butterflies in the UK and, for the first ...

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 ...