There is nothing quite like the wing of a moth or butterfly. They are different from other insect wings. A butterfly’s wing is like a jet and a paper airplane mashed together, then covered with tiny ...

To stop identity thieves and counterfeiters, a group of researchers is looking for inspiration from an unlikely source: butterflies. In order to attract a mate, the male Pierella luna butterfly of ...

Few things make our hearts flutter quite like the sight of beautiful butterflies. The monarchs of spring (literally and ...

Heliconius charithonia is one of the species of butterflies whose wing patterns scientists scrutinized to better understand the evolutionary process. This butterfly is wild-type; the genetically ...

While there are numerous species of butterflies that are considered to be beautifully colored, it is usually only those that are colorful AND large that garner much attention from folks. One such ...