A team of more than 30 researchers analyzed 12.6 million butterfly sightings across 76,000 population surveys. They found ...

A new report finds that butterfly populations in the continental U.S. declined by one fifth between 2000 and 2020—but it’s ...

Researchers identified over 100 species that have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last two decades: "This is a wake-up ...

All the insects need is nectar from flowers and places ... “I just look at what flowers the bees and butterflies are visiting in the garden center. Then I buy those plants and plant them.” ...

The chief causes of the decline include habitat destruction, drier and hotter climate due to climate change and insecticide ...

Little-understood and vastly underappreciated, insects play an outsize role in supporting life on earth. They pollinate ...

Recent studies indicate that the number of butterflies in the United States is decreasing at an alarming rate, with their ...

Butterfly populations in the U.S. declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020, with 13 times as many species declining as increasing.

The first ever countrywide systematic analysis of butterfly abundance shows the total number of butterflies in the Lower 48 ...

“You can really make a difference to the local population. Any individual flower you put out it likely to get visited,” said ...

Maintaining an unkempt garden can play a crucial role in supporting local pollinators and beneficial insects throughout the ...

Petersen did say that eight species are expected to no longer exist in Minnesota. Butterflies are disappearing due to habitat loss, fragmentation and insecticides To help with these issues, the ...