The reintroduction of a species of butterfly that went extinct in England nearly 50 years ago has been declared a success. The chequered skipper was always scarce, but died out in 1976 with ...

As BirdGuides reported, ecologists brought a donor population of chequered skippers from Belgium to reestablish the species ...

Five years of research showed that chequered skippers are breeding in a Northamptonshire woodland The reintroduction of a species of butterfly that went extinct in England nearly 50 years ago has ...

The secret location of butterflies previously extinct in England for more than 40 years has been revealed. The chequered skipper was always scarce but died out in 1976 due to changes to woodland ...

Butterfly curator Dr Blanca Huertas explains the secrets behind their success ... There are nearly 4,000 different species of skipper, found everywhere in the world except Antarctica. Researchers have ...

A rare tiny butterfly found only in a remote stretch of Northern Nevada will soon gain federal protections under the ...

RENO, Nev.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to an extremely rare butterfly called the bleached ...

Their bodies are more like those of moths, but their wings are more butterfly-like. A Leonard’s skipper has red-orange wings with wide black borders, and its hindwings are red with a band of ...