Extinction can be hard to prove on any geographic scale. Locally, it can occur as a natural process, and can be reversed at that level. Those thoughts passed through my mind while wandering the ...

Tours of the grasslands at Fort Indiantown Gap, home to the only population of the rare Regal Fritillary butterfly in the eastern United States, are set for four days in July. To catch a glimpse ...

My 3-year-old loves the red tips of the cocoplum leaves, and also the blue flowers of plumbago, but mostly he loves that ...

While many call wild violets a weed and try to get rid of them, there are 4 reasons why you may want to let the purple blooms grow in your yard instead.

This is a Diana fritillary, from Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee: My thanks to Professor Goeckner and to all readers and correspondents.

The maypop, also known as the purple passionflower, can cover a large area of ground in a short time and is a strong attract ...

The Heath Fritillary butterfly, previously on the brink of extinction, is being welcomed and preserved through the efforts of Essex and Suffolk Water in collaboration with conservation charities.

Q: When the weather gets warmer, you change out the plants in front of the library. You have snapdragon and pansies in there now. What warm season plant will you put in? A: I am a lazy gardener. I wil ...

• Wild violets can be good for your lawn. Wild violets can be beneficial for your lawn and local ecosystem. The flowers ...

A meadow in Framsden, near Stowmarket, boasts one of the county's most impressive displays of the snake's head fritillary. The flower is now a rare plant found on less than 30 sites in the UK.

Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí, which will incorporate the iconic Conor Pass, will be Ireland's eighth national park.