Ahead of the Big Butterfly Count next month, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies – that was once on ‘the brink of extinction’ – is rising in numbers. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the ...

Where the monarch is the king of butterflies, the "Queen of the Prairie" is needing help. Monarch butterflies can travel long distances, like to Mexico, but regal fritillary butterflies stick to ...

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — Fort Indiantown Gap announced Friday that the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will be conducting free guided tours of the only population of the ...

WESA's local, independent journalism is only possible because of financial support from readers like you. Please support WESA by making a donation during our fall fundraising campaign. The eastern ...

The Fort Indiantown Gap military base in Lebanon County is home to the world's only surviving population of the eastern regal fritillary, a large butterfly that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

A large, orange-ish colored butterfly began staying around our garden a few days ago. At first glance, I thought it was a monarch since a few of them have been around for the past week or so. Looking ...

At Fort Indiantown Gap in northern Lebanon County, a vast stretch of grassland houses the only population of the rare regal fritillary butterfly in the eastern United States. Several of these ...

After years of effort, the Gulf Fritillary, scientifically known as the agraulis vanillae, is well on its way to becoming Louisiana’s official state butterfly. The state Senate voted Tuesday 36-0 to ...

A pretty fritillary butterfly on a green leaf - Sandra Standbridge/Getty Images If you're keen to get your pollinator garden off to a good start, mass-planting wildflowers early in spring is the way ...