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New report reveals which Norfolk butterflies are under threat.

Josef Reichholf brings a lifetime of scientific experience & expertise to bear on one of the great environmental catastrophes of our time in his new book The Disappearance of Butterflies.

A wildlife charity warns that 'we must act now' if we are to save Scotland’s butterflies and moths after worrying statistics are revealed today

“I was looking at some of the fantastic animal books we have and I was going through the pages of the wonderful Theatre of Insects, or Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum to give it its true title . . . While looking through our copy I chanced upon a butterfly (a small tortoiseshell I think) next to its accompanying image. There is a striking similarity between the woodcut and butterfly, which of course was the intention so that the various species could be identified by the amateur insect enthusiast.” The librarian noted that the find was rather unexpected, “It is relatively ...

Their wings. with stiff wings, they can roll theirwings. somehow, with stiff wings, they can roll their wings. somehow, we don't know how they flex their wings, but they can curve them as they fly, and that means that they can effectively swim through the air and push the air backwards, a bit like you do in a swimming pool when you swim. but this research has really shown us how they have got the evolutionary edge, because a lot of things out there want to eat butterflies, birds and so on, and this clamping mechanism gives them the thrust that gives them a bit of a speedy, jerky flight, and of...