The National Trust and many dedicated volunteers will start the mass planting of 20,000 marsh violets across the Shropshire ...

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 ...

This humble "weed" also provides the only source of food for the larvae of 14 species of greater fritillary butterflies and 16 lesser fritillaries, per the Xerces Society. Among these lovely insects ...

The snake's head fritillary, brought to England from mainland Europe sometime in the last 3,000 years, has thrived in the wet grassland of Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. One of the few places it is ...

Even if just a brief exploration off-road, wonders await. It’s such a refreshing and affirming way to make friends of all ...

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 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.

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 ...

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

Embarking on a PhD journey, Nadja Verspagen delved into the intricate world of Glanville fritillary butterflies. From diverse European origins, these butterflies undergo controlled climate experiments ...

Elena Rosa, as a researcher, aimed to test the thermal melanism hypothesis in Glanville fritillary butterflies, located in the northernmost limit of their distribution on the Åland Islands.

My favorite spring wildflowers, yellow fritillary and shooting star, have bloomed in such an abundance at Lone Pine State Park, that I can’t help but marvel at the shocks of magenta and buttery yellow ...