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Butterflies with stable populations have been able to take advantage of climate change and move northwards, a study involving Butterfly Conservation has revealed.

As the longest night of the year comes around this evening Butterfly Conservation and other wildlife bodies have assessed the fortunes of our nocturnal nature and discovered a mixed picture.

The government is failing to deliver a third of its commitments to protect the natural environment

A bird lover who turned his hobby into his livelihood has been crowned the winner of a prestigious wildlife farming award.

Butterfly Conservation is pleased that the EU has imposed a ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides which are implicated in the decline of bees.

Attenborough urges public to take part in Big Butterfly Count

Butterfly numbers in the UK countryside fell by almost a quarter last summer, according to a new scientific study.

A year of wild weather caused difficult conditions for our butterflies

Almost three quarters of UK butterfly species have decreased in population during the last decade, a major scientific report reveals today.

British butterflies the subject of pioneering research

Butterfly Conservation respond to Chancellor's autumn statement

European Farming reforms threaten wildlife-friendly farming

Rare butterflies flourish on site since attack

Butterfly Conservation joins wildlife groups to criticise Government cuts

Rare moths flock to UK following warm autumn weather

Rare migrant touches down in Dorset

Butterfly Conservation release rare moth caterpillars

Butterflies suffer in coldest summer for 18 years

Take part in the Big Butterfly Count so we can find out

Urgent recovery plan for English wildlife is needed

New colony of Purple Hairstreaks discovered

Hollywood star has backed efforts to save butterflies

Sun-jumper spider found sharing butterfly haven

Work to provide habitat for rare butterflies rewarded

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Student stakes out site to learn more about the Drab Looper

UK's most threatened butterfly thrown a lifeline with new reserve

Butterfly Conservation is hosting its third Kent-wide Big Moth Safari week celebrating moths on 17^th- 24^th June.

Moth recorders in the West Midlands are celebrating the completion of an online atlas covering Birmingham & the Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

Around three quarters of the UK population (74%) have some negative opinion of moths, with many people believing the majority eat clothes and are pests, a study has revealed.