Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex body parts like wings involves many genes, the difference between two ...

Butterfly wings get their color in ways that almost feel impossible. Up close, each wing is made of countless tiny scales that either hold pigment or manipulate light.

The female swallowtail butterfly (left) has extra orange spots and a different shape on its wings to mimic species that are toxic to predators, while the male (right) has the standard set of white ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

Video shared by Sweetbriar Nature Center shows the insect being held down by the wire as Bendicksen used scissors to cut off the jagged ends of what remained of the broken wing. She then lined the new ...

Moths do not always look like moths! We introduce you to some genius moths that look like something else entirely and explain ...

California has a way of exaggerating things—mountains, deserts, and egos. But its insects? They take excess to another level.

For sufferers, it makes their skin as fragile as a butterfly’s wing. ‘My mother tells ... He stepped out of his car wearing a ...

South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes Estates is exactly that kind of treasure – 87 acres of botanical wonder that transforms an ordinary afternoon into something straight out of a storybook. You ...

New York City veterinarians performed a wing transplant procedure on a monarch butterfly in a video that's since gone viral The butterfly's wing was repaired at the Sweetbriar Nature Center in ...