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

The frosted elfin butterfly is considered a rare species and is being evaluated for the Endangered Species list. The Florida Fish and ... line and dashes covered in white short hairs line the ...

Biologists deposited caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly on its host plant, the sundial lupine, in north Florida ... out these efforts as the species is being considered for ...

The numbers for four butterflies - the Florida white, Hermes copper, tailed orange and Mitchell's satyr - plummeted by more than 99%. Nine species - about 3% of the total - showed gains.

Butterflies are rapidly fluttering out of existence from coast to coast, according to a new assessment published Thursday, at a rate that scientists worry could upend ecosystems and undercut ...

Randy Bodkins The West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis) - a woodland butterfly - has declined in abundance by more than 98% Some of the most affected species include the Florida white ...