Particularly key to the purple emperor's resurgence is the growth of sallow scrub in the area, a crucial plant for the purple ...

MOORHEAD--The Dakota skipper butterfly has a sad, secretive story to tell. Once free to flit over millions of acres of unmolested prairie, the humble Dakota skipper's range has been drastically ...

A newly released Dakota skipper butterfly feeds on the nectar of a purple coneflower. It uses its long proboscis, a tubular sucking organ, to extract sweet nectar from the coneflower ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Dakota skipper butterfly has a sad, secretive story to tell. Once free to flit over millions of acres of unmolested prairie, the humble Dakota skipper's range has been ...

Producing lovely pink-to-purple trumpet-shaped flowers year-round, this makes a wonderful ground cover if given enough room to spread. Skipper butterflies and hummingbirds are attracted to the ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Dakota skipper butterfly has a sad, secretive story to tell. Once free to flit over millions of acres of unmolested prairie, the humble Dakota skipper’s range has been ...

The moth-like skipper butterfly is no Monarch — they're typically an inch wide, ruddy brown and fuzzy. Somewhat homely, you might say. But to Erik Runquist's eyes, they're a beautiful sight.

Wild Things columnist Eric Brown experiences strange thoughts as he goes on a sunlit, rural Kent hill climb seeking to boost ...