(CNN) — Challenging times are ahead for smaller, lighter-colored butterflies as Earth’s climate continues to warm, a new study has found. Unlike their relatives with larger wings and darker colors, ...

Willow Neal received funding from NERC (National Environmental Research Council). Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand ...

Ahead of the Big Butterfly Count next month, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies – that was once on ‘the brink of extinction’ – is rising in numbers. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the ...

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Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ...