Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity ...

Unlike the small tortoiseshell butterfly, the large tortoiseshell butterfly hasn't been a resident of the UK since the 1960s.

A stunning butterfly classed as extinct for 30 years has been spotted across parts of England. The Large Tortoiseshell has ...

There has been a flurry of early sightings of the large tortoiseshell butterfly, a charity says.

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation say that if sightings continue at this rate, they will officially remove the large tortoiseshell from their list of extinct British butterflies. Find out more ...

A creature previously thought to be extinct in the UK has been spotted in Sussex ...

There aren't enough to block out the sun, but social media posts out of the Lake Tahoe area show enough swarming butterflies to get just about anyone who encounters them to pull over and start taking ...

The Large Tortoiseshell has only had rare sightings over the last three decades but experts say any updated list of species would 'probably class it as no longer extinct' ...