The mountain ringlet, a small brown butterfly with orange wing spots, lives exclusively on mountains and is more commonly found in Scotland than in England (Ben Lawers/PA) Visitors to the Lake ...

The spring sun glinted off the cars rolling through Ichetucknee Springs State Park, but the caravan wasn't headed to the park ...

Visitors to the Lake District are being asked to look out for England’s only mountain butterfly to help scientists protect the rare species. The mountain ringlet, a small brown butterfly with ...

Wild Things columnist Eric Brown needed help to meet a titled butterfly after many fruitless searches for this rare and short-lived primrose-eating, forest clearing dweller. Several years ago I ...

Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have been living and breeding year-round in California’s Bay Area, thanks in ...

Butterflies are fragile and vulnerable to predation by all kinds of critters, from birds and reptiles to spiders and other ...