There aren't enough to block out the sun, but social media posts out of the Lake Tahoe area show enough swarming butterflies to get just about anyone who encounters them to pull over and start taking ...

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 time late in last autumn, a tortoiseshell butterfly took refuge in a small bath room in this house, established itself on, the ceiling, and there remained, immovable, throughout the winter. On ...

Rate of decline in 2023 thought to be linked to climate breakdown as UK-wide survey shows mixed picture across 58 species The small tortoiseshell butterfly has suffered its worst year on record in ...

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 ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, a Barnum resident, is the author of several books, including “Butterflies of the North Woods,” “Spiders of the North Woods,” “Webwood” and “In a Patch of Goldenrods.” ...

One of Britain's best-loved butterflies has suffered a "quite frightening" decline in numbers this summer. The numbers of the small tortoiseshell - one of Britain's most recognisable and widespread - ...

NUMBERS of one of our best known garden butterflies have plummeted this summer despite the record-breaking hot weather, Dorset conservationists have revealed. The Small Tortoiseshell suffered its ...