Britons have been urged to stop mowing their lawns amid a national 'butterfly crisis' as insect numbers continue to plunge.

Experts said they were ‘devastated’ by the findings, which also show 2024 was one of the worst years on record for ...

Richard Fox, from Butterfly Conservation, said he was “devastated” by the declines in British butterflies ... numbers are in part due to the wet spring and relatively cool summer which ...

Half a century since the first Graff Butterfly fluttered into our collective consciousness, the new spring collection has ...

Butterfly populations fluctuate annually in response to the weather. The study said that 2024's low numbers were partly due to a wet spring followed by a relatively cool summer. But Dr Fox noted ...

It was revealed that 2024 was the fifth-worst year on record for butterflies, with 51 of the UK’s 59 species declining. It was also the worst year on record for species like the small tortoiseshell, ...

Conservation experts are urging homeowners not to mow their lawns over the coming months to help boost butterfly numbers, with more than half of UK species now in long-term decline. Last year was ...