Since gulf fritillary adults were feeding on pinwheel zinnia in the backyard, I placed the pots in the same bed and hoped that the deer would not eat them before the butterflies found them.

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 ...

A record number of one of the UK's rarest butterflies has been found at a nature site. More than double the number of silk ...

The only regal fritillary butterflies in the eastern U.S. will again be the focus of annual tours of Fort Indiantown Gap in northern Lebanon County on Fridays, June 30 and July 7, and Saturdays, July ...

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 ...

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 ...

The annual regal fritillary butterfly tours at Fort Indiantown Gap in northern Lebanon County have been canceled for 2020. The extremely rare butterfly species have been featured in early July for ...

It's not easy to see the orange and black spotted regal fritillary butterfly if you live in the Eastern U.S. It used to be common across much of the country, and is still found in the Midwest. But ...