Aim To examine how butterfly population trends respond to climate change and urbanisation at a continental scale, and whether responses differ between urban and rural environments. Location 869 si...

Executive Summary Butterflies have been systematically monitored in Europe for several decades using standard protocols that are now adopted in over 30 countries. Butterflies are ideal biological indi...

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Abstract. Field studies on pesticide impacts often lack detailed use data, struggle to disentangle their effects from agricultural intensification, and ove

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Executive Summary Butterflies have been systematically monitored in Europe for several decades using standard protocols that are now adopted in over 30 countries. Butterflies are ideal biological indi...

It is the height of summer in Europe, a time when many people head out into nature or to enjoy urban greenspaces . But over recent decades, people are seeing landscapes with fewer and fewer butterfl...

New research involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has identified the best plants to include in annual flowering displays to attract bees and hoverflies, enabling gardeners, councils and see...

Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...

From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish i...

Five UK research projects have each received a share of £14.5 million under phase two of the Transforming Land Use for Net Zero, Nature and People programme.