Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 ...

Lars B. Pettersson receives funding from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The charity behind the world’s largest butterfly survey has declared a national emergency. Butterfly ...

A wildlife charity has declared a national “butterfly emergency” after its annual Big Butterfly Count recorded its lowest ever numbers. The count has been running for 14 years. This year’s ...

There has been a “marked and hugely concerning” decline in butterfly numbers in Northern Ireland, following the 2024 Big Butterfly Count, external. More than 840 people took part in 1,475 ...