A European Skipper butterfly is observed in Northwest BC, an introduced species and one of several stressors underlying insect declines.
The climate crisis has caused a steep decline in butterfly sightings in the Rocky Mountain range. This decline is also consistent among other insect populations around the world. If this die-off continues, a great percentage of natural pollinators will cease to exist.
Japan's magnificent great purple emperor butterfly is at risk of dying out, a nationwide research pr
In the last 20 years a large number of new butterfly species have made Finland their home.
A major wildlife rehabilitation facility is bracing for the devastating impact of the B.C. wildfires on birds and mammals.
Extinct in the UK, and on the retreat in western Europe and Scandinavia, the species if prolific this summer in Tomsk and Novosibirsk.