Tucked between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, Coconut Creek, Florida, is a quieter take on Broward County—and considering the flutter of thousands of butterfly wings here, perhaps even an oasis. It’s ...

Biologists deposited caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly on its host plant, the sundial lupine, in north Florida. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

This spring, researchers successfully reared some 400 caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly and released more than half into the wild in their historic North Florida range. The spring sun ...

Frosted elfin butterfly caterpillars were released in North Florida as part of a reintroduction program. The FWC, along with partner organizations, bred the caterpillars and released them into a ...