The British swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) is the U.K.'s only native swallowtail and its largest native ...

A new study confirms the British swallowtail butterfly is genetically unique. This native species possesses significantly ...

A new study shows it is possible to predict how fast a population will spread and reveals the importance of habitat conservation in helping threatened species survive environmental change. The ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Butterfly experts are calling on Britain's gardeners to help slow the ...

As global temperatures rise and climatic zones move polewards, species will need to find different environments to prevent extinction. New research, published today in the journal Molecular Ecology, ...

Warming in Great Britain appears to have given a little brown and orange butterfly an edge. The brown argus butterfly has spread about 49 miles (79 kilometers) northward on the island over 20 years, ...

The Orange tip butterfly is doing well, with numbers significantly higher than in the 1970s Increasingly warm and sunny weather over the last half century – driven in part by climate change – has ...

Now only found on the Norfolk Broads, Papilio machaon britannicus is in trouble as its breeding habitat is lost The swallowtail is Britain’s largest and most spectacular butterfly. Most British ...

Butterflies are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature, and new research has revealed that when summer weather turns bad the silver-spotted skipper battles for survival. Butterflies are ...

Researchers are investigating whether a rare British butterfly could be reared from eggs frozen in liquid nitrogen in an effort to safeguard the future of the species. The survival of the British ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most wild species are expected to colonise northwards as the climate warms, but how are they going to get there when so many landscapes are covered in wheat fields and other crops? A ...