WITH summer truly under way in the northern hemisphere, now is a perfect time to spot butterflies and day-flying moths. If you live in the UK, you can help conservation scientists by participating in ...

Conservationists said a nationwide butterfly count has yielded disappointing results despite hopes that the record hot summer might have helped to offset decades of declining numbers. The Big ...

AS USUAL. WELL, STARTING IN MAY, NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO HELP COLLECT DATA ON THE STATE’S BUTTERFLY POPULATION. THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT LASTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER. AND JOINING US ...

In the United States, perhaps no bug has been counted as often as the butterfly. “There’s a lot of passion for them, they’re very charismatic,” says Collin Edwards, a quantitative ecologist at the ...

To bird watchers, a “big year” means setting out to see as many North American species as possible in 365 days. The famous bird-field-guide writer/illustrator Roger Tory Peterson and his friend James ...

STURGEON BAY (WLUK) -- Nature-based activities are giving people a chance to learn about the environment. At the 200-acre nature preserve called Crossroads at Big Creek, summer naturalist Joan Wilkie ...

The United Kingdom is counting its butterflies today — and will keep going for the next three weeks. The ninth annual Big Butterfly Campaign kicks off today, with a big boost from a legendary voice.